TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trichinella spiralis mean? 

• TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS (noun)
  The noun TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS has 1 sense:

1. parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles

  Familiarity information: TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

trichina; Trichinella spiralis

Hypernyms ("Trichinella spiralis" is a kind of...):

nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)