"hookworm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hookworm.wav Forms: hookworms [plural]
Etymology: From hook + worm. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hook|worm}} hook + worm Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hookworm (countable and uncountable, plural hookworms)
  1. (countable) 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. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Nematodes Translations (parasitic worm): глист (glist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), koukkumato (Finnish), ankylostome [masculine] (French), péist chrúcach [feminine] (Irish), tiwal (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-hookworm-en-noun-en:any_of_several_parasitic_roundworm_genera Disambiguation of Nematodes: 71 29 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'parasitic worm': 94 6
  2. (metonymically, uncountable) Infection with one of these parasites. Tags: metonymically, uncountable Synonyms: miner's worm, miner's anaemia, ;, miner's disease
    Sense id: en-hookworm-en-noun-en:disease_caused_by_Ancylostoma__Necator__or_Uncinaria Categories (other): English metonyms, English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: American hookworm (taxonomic: Necator americanus) Related terms: ringworm (english: fungal infection)

Inflected forms

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