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Webster 1913 Edition
Lungworm
Lung′wormˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (
Strongylus micrurus
) and that of sheep (Strongylus filaria
) are the best known. Definition 2024
lungworm
lungworm
English
Noun
lungworm (plural lungworms)
- Any of several nematode worms, of the family Metastrongylidae, that are parasitic to mammalian lungs