worm




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


Type of:
  • invertebrate

Types:
  • helminth; parasitic worm
  • woodworm
  • acanthocephalan; spiny-headed worm
  • arrowworm; chaetognath
  • flatworm; platyhelminth
  • ribbon worm; nemertean; nemertine; proboscis worm
  • beard worm; pogonophoran
  • nematode; nematode worm; roundworm
  • annelid; annelid worm; segmented worm


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