hookworm

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Etymology[edit]

hook +‎ worm

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hookworm (plural hookworms)

  1. Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

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