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