helminth

English Thesaurus

1. worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	worm,
definition	:	any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class trematoda, trematoda,
definition	:	parasitic flatworms (including flukes) (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cestoda, class cestoda,
definition	:	tapeworms (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda,
definition	:	unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms (noun.animal)