parasitic worm

1. 1.

   worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

   Synonymshelminth

   Broaderworm

   Part ofNematodaTrematodaCestoda

Questions about parasitic worm

What does parasitic worm mean?

parasitic worm means "worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes".

What is another word for parasitic worm?

Close synonyms include helminth. 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 parasitic worm a common word?

parasitic worm 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.