hookworm

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hookworm

Wikispecies has information on:

Ancylostoma duodenale

Wikispecies has information on:

Necator americanus

Etymology edit

hook +‎ worm

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

hookworm (plural hookworms)

Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

Derived terms edit

American hookworm (Necator americanus)

Translations edit

parasitic worm

Bulgarian: глист m (glist)
Finnish: koukkumato
French: ankylostome (fr) m
Irish: péist chrúcach f
Tagalog: tiwal

See also edit

ancylostomiasis

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