hookworms
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hookworms noun
- 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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ancylostomatidaefamily ancylostomatidaepinwormswhipwormpinwormhelminthiasisroundwormstapewormsparasitic wormflatwormshelminthroundwormwormsparasiteshelminthictapeworm
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