Helminth

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Helminth \Hel"minth\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a worm.] (Zool.)
     An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of
     the Helminthes.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  helminth
       n : worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates
           especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes [syn: {parasitic
           worm}]