Definition of lumbricoid
: resembling an earthworm
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Origin and Etymology of lumbricoid
New Latin lumbricoides (specific epithet of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides), from Latin lumbricus earthworm + -oides -oid
Definition of lumbricoid
plural -s
: a creature (as an ascarid) that resembles an earthworm
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