hairwormn.
/ˈhɛːwəːm/ An aquatic, nematomorph worm of the order Gordioidea, which, in its larval stages, is a parasite of insects, worms, or fishes.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > filaria medinensis (Guinea worm)
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1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 179 Gnatworms, Acari, hair-worms.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 14 The Hair-Worm, called also the Guinea-Worm..This is the worm that..gets into the flesh of the natives.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 498 The Common Hair-worm... Its popular name arose from the idea that it was produced from the hair of horses and other animals that were accidentally dropped into the water; an idea that is even yet prevalent among the lower class of the people.
1897 Outing 30 434/2 The creature referred to as a mystery is what is termed the ‘horsehair snake’, in reality, a hairworm.
1930 E. C. Faust Human Helminthol. xxix. 483 (heading) Gordiacea or ‘hairworms’.
1951 G. Lapage Parasitic Animals vi. 175 The larvae of the hairworms may also develop in freshwater worms or fish.
1963 J. B. Goodey T. Goodey's Soil & Freshwater Nematodes (ed. 2) 522 The hairworms or gordiids..occur in freshwater ponds, ditches, streams, lakes, etc.
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