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HELMINTH Synonyms

There are 3 synonyms of the word helminth. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the word helminth. (close relations)
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helminthologist

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parasite
nounn
noun

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

worm
nounn
noun

• any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

• a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

• screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

verb

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

parasitic worm
nounn
noun

• worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

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worm

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