roundworm

noun

round·worm | \ ˈrau̇nd-ˌwərm

Definition of roundworm

: nematode also : a related round-bodied unsegmented worm (such as a spiny-headed worm) as distinguished from a flatworm

Examples of roundworm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If accidentally inhaled, roundworm infections can lead to irreversible brain, heart, or eye damage. — Popular Science, "Eleven animals you can identify by their poop," 23 Jan. 2020 Parvovirus, hookworms and roundworms can be left in the soil and can be transmitted to people and other animals through contact with the infected soil. — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, "Animals Matter: Again, people, just pick up your dog’s poop and throw it away," 6 Mar. 2020 The only complete connectome to date is that of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, which contains a mere 302 neurons. — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, "Largest Brain Wiring Diagram to Date Is Published," 22 Jan. 2020 If accidentally inhaled, roundworm infections can lead to irreversible brain, heart, or eye damage. — Popular Science, "Eleven animals you can identify by their poop," 23 Jan. 2020 If accidentally inhaled, roundworm infections can lead to irreversible brain, heart, or eye damage. — Popular Science, "Eleven animals you can identify by their poop," 23 Jan. 2020 The only animal whose connectome has been completed is the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, with a piddling 302 neurons making about 7,000 synapses, and that took 15 years for a rough draft (released in 1986) and another 20 for a final. — Sharon Begley, STAT, "A ‘landmark’ achievement: Scientists trace full wiring diagram of the fly brain’s core," 22 Jan. 2020 The latest organisms that researchers have looked to are bacteria in the microbiomes of roundworms that parasitize insects (technically termed enteropathogenic nematodes). — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, "New antibiotic found in bacteria inside a worm inside an insect egg," 20 Nov. 2019 Military personnel at the weather station fell ill after eating polar bear meat contaminated with roundworms, forcing the base’s evacuation in 1944. — Fox News, "Hitler's secret Nazi war machine revealed in hidden bases," 6 Sep. 2019

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