Strongyloid

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

  Strongyloid \Stron"gy*loid\, a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from
     Gr. ? round) + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Like, or pertaining to, {Strongylus}, a genus of parasitic
     nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals.
     Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys,
     lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n. A


     strongyloid worm.
     [1913 Webster]