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Proscolex :: Proscolex (n.) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia. See Redia.

Bombycinous :: Bombycinous (a.) Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.

The Gapes :: The gapes () A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm..

Santonin :: Santonin (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass..

Echinococcus :: Echinococcus (n.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog..

Vermicide :: Vermicide (n.) A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.

Threadworm :: Threadworm (n.) Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria..

Brandlin :: Brandlin (n.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm..

Worm-shell :: Worm-shell (n.) Any species of Vermetus.

Caddis :: Caddis (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm..

Worm :: Worm (n.) A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like..

Churrworm :: Churrworm (n.) An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.

Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca..

Absinthiate :: Absinthiate (v. t.) To impregnate with wormwood.

Worm :: Worm (n.) Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm.

Worm :: Worm (v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly..

Worm-shaped :: Worm-shaped (a.) Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root..

Lumbricus :: Lumbricus (n.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm..

Imago :: Imago (n.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm..

Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..

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