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ascarid

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Main Entry: as·ca·rid
Pronunciation: \ˈas-kə-rəd\
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Late Latin ascarid-, ascaris intestinal worm, from Greek askarid-, askaris, probably by back-formation from askarizein to jump, throb, alteration of skarizein, from skairein to gambol
Date: 14th century

: any of a family (Ascaridae) of nematode worms that includes the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) parasitic in the human intestine


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