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ascaris

noun plural

[Gr.]

ascarides.

ascaris

noun plural

[Gr.]

ascar’ides. In zoology, a genus of intestinal worms. The body is cylindrical, and tapering at the ends. It includes two of the most common worms in the human intestines, the ascarides, and the lumbricoides.