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thread worm

[thred-wurm]

thread·worm

[thred-wurm]
noun
any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.

Origin:
1795–1805; thread + worm
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Medical Dictionary

threadworm thread·worm (thrěd'wûrm')
n.

  1. A nematode of the genus Strongyloides, parasitic in the small intestine of mammals.

  2. See pinworm.

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