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English

Etymology

whip +? worm

Noun

whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)

1. Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
   1. (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
2. Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

Hypernyms

• (Trichuris): roundworm, nematode

Hyponyms

• (Trichuris): canine whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula, Trichuris serrata), dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), mouse whipworm (Trichuris muris), pig whipworm (Trichuris suis)

Translations

References

• whipworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichuris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichuris trichiura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trichuris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

tape +? worm.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: t?p?wûrm', IPA^(key): /?te?p?w?m/
• Hyphenation: tape?worm

Noun

tapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)

1. (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
   1. (countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
2. (uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.

Synonyms

• (any species of class Cestoda): cestode

Derived terms

• armed tapeworm
• beef tapeworm
• dwarf tapeworm
• pork tapeworm
• rabbit tapeworm
• red tapeworm

Translations

See also

• bladderworm
• measly
• proglottid
• scolex
• taenia
• taeniasis
• cysticercosis

Further reading

• tapeworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mop water, mopwater, pomwater