Ascaris

See also: ascaris

Translingual

Ascaris lumbricoides

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀσκαρίς (askarís, “intestinal worm”).

Proper noun

Ascaris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ascarididae – intestinal roundworms affecting pigs and humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Ascaridomorpha - infraorder; Ascaridoidea - superfamily; Ascarididae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ascaris lumbricoides (common roundworm), Ascaris ovis, Ascaris suum (pig roundworm) - selected species

Derived terms

• Baylisascaris
• Ophidascaris
• Parascaris
• Phocascaris
• Raphidascaris
• Rostellascaris
• Sulcascaris
• Thynnascaris
• Toxascaris

See also

• Ascaridia

References

• Ascaris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ascaris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ascaris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ascaris at National Center for Biotechnology Information