hookworms

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A form of hookworm — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hookworm
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