Threadworm

2 definitions found

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

  Threadworm \Thread"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and
     filaria.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  threadworm
       n : small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum
           especially in children [syn: {pinworm}, {Enterobius
           vermicularis}]