COMMON ROUNDWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common roundworm mean? 

• COMMON ROUNDWORM (noun)
  The noun COMMON ROUNDWORM has 1 sense:

1. intestinal parasite of humans and pigs

  Familiarity information: COMMON ROUNDWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON ROUNDWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intestinal parasite of humans and pigs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascaris lumbricoides; common roundworm

Hypernyms ("common roundworm" 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)

Holonyms ("common roundworm" is a member of...):

Ascaris; genus Ascaris (type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth)