lumbricoidadj.n.
/ˈlʌmbrʌɪkɔɪd/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Resembling the lumbricus or round-worm, Ascaris lumbricoides.
ΚΠ
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 853/2 The presence of lumbricoid ascarides in the intestine.
B. n.
The round-worm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > family Ascaridae > genus Ascarides or Ascaris > member of > ascaris lumbricoides (stomach-worm)
maw-worm1582
stomach-worm1647
lumbricus1808
lumbricoid1882
1882 Quain's Dict. Med. 855/2 All the larger round-worms infesting man and animals are apt to be called lumbricoids.
1892 Lancet 20 Jan. 284/2 The possible relations between micro-organisms and these lumbricoids being thus established.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
adj.n.1849