Meaning

1 senses

  1. An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.

More definitions
  • unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
  • infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He had a roundworm in his stool the other day.

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  2. He gave her roundworms.

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  3. Fertilized roundworm eggs are deposited in the soil from human feces. If someone ingests these eggs, they hatch in the intestine.

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Origin

From round + worm.

From round + worm.

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Forms

plural: roundworms
Singularroundworm
Pluralroundworms

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
nematode
Close in meaning
  • unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic:nematodenematode worm
  • infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches:tinearingworm

Word family

2 related words
Derivedgiant roundwormraccoon roundworm

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roundaboutA2roundupC1rouserouteB2
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