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ancylostoma

ancylostoma noun: any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.

Noun

ancylostoma (plural ancylostomata or ancylostomas)

  1. Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.

ancylostoma meaning in Tamil

ancylostoma in Tamil

கொக்கிப் புழு இனம்

Forms of ancylostoma

pluralancylostomata
pluralancylostomas

Origin of ancylostoma

Borrowed from the taxonomic name Ancylostoma, eventually from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved”) and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Analyzable as ancylo- + stoma.

Questions about ancylostoma

What does ancylostoma mean?
Ancylostoma means any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
What is ancylostoma in Tamil?
Ancylostoma in Tamil is கொக்கிப் புழு இனம். See Ancylostoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ancylostoma?
Ancylostoma is a noun.
What is the plural of ancylostoma?
The plural of ancylostoma is ancylostomata.

Words near ancylostoma in the dictionary

  1. ancylocones
  2. ancyloconic
  3. ancylopod
  4. ancylopods
  5. ancylosis
  6. ancylostoma
  7. ancylostomas
  8. ancylostomata
  9. ancylostomatic
  10. ancylostomatid
  11. ancylostomatids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ancylostoma (page history and authors); ancylostoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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