HAIRWORM


Meaning of HAIRWORM in English

noun Date: 1658 any of a phylum (Nematomorpha) of elongated worms that have separate sexes, are parasitic in arthropods as larvae, and are free-living in water as adults, any of a genus ( Capillaria ) of nematode worms that include serious parasites of the alimentary tract of fowls and tissue and organ parasites of mammals

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