common roundworm

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   intestinal parasite of humans and pigs

   SynonymsAscaris lumbricoides

   Broadernematode

   Part ofAscaris

Questions about common roundworm

What does common roundworm mean?

common roundworm means "intestinal parasite of humans and pigs".

What is another word for common roundworm?

Close synonyms include Ascaris lumbricoides. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common roundworm a common word?

common roundworm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.