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ascarid

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Noun
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as=ca=rid

CIDE DICTIONARY

ascaridn. [NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. .].
     A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ascarid, n. (also ascaris) a parasitic nematode worm of the genus Ascaris, e.g. the intestinal roundworm of mankind and other vertebrates.

Etymology
mod.L ascaris f. Gk askaris

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