Definition of helminth

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Helminth (n.) An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes..

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Annuloida :: Annuloida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms..
Enthelminthes :: Enthelminthes (n. pl.) Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.
Helminthagogue :: Helminthagogue (n.) A vermifuge.
Entozoa :: Entozoa (n. pl.) A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes..
Helminthic :: Helminthic (a.) Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms..
Strobile :: Strobilation (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian..
Vermes :: Vermes (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers..
Nematelminthes :: Nematelminthes (n. pl.) An ordr of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms..
Flatworm :: Flatworm (n.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians..
Helminthological :: Helminthological (a.) Of or pertaining to helminthology.
Vermeologist :: Vermeologist (n.) One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist..
Helminthite :: Helminthite (n.) One of the sinuous tracks on the surfaces of many stones, and popularly considered as worm trails..
Helminthologist :: Helminthologist (n.) One versed in helminthology.
Nemertina :: Nemertina (n. pl.) An order of helminths usually having a long, slender, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocoela..
Enthelmintha :: Enthelmintha (n. pl.) Alt. of Enthelminthe.
Platyelminthes :: Platyelminthes (n. pl.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms..
Helminthiasis :: Helminthiasis (n.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
Helminthes :: Helminthes (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also Enthelminthes, Enthelmintha..
Scolecida :: Scolecida (n. pl.) Same as Helminthes.
Vitellogene :: Vitellogene (n.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths..
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