guinea-worm
guinea-worm noun: a long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
Noun
guinea-worm (plural guinea-worms)
- A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
- the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 889
- Synonyms:
- dragon worm
guinea-worm meaning in Tamil and Gujarati
guinea-worm in Tamil
- நரம்புச் சிலந்திப்புழு
guinea-worm in Gujarati
- guinea-worm
- નારુ nāru, વાળો vāḷo
Synonyms of guinea-worm
Forms of guinea-worm
| plural | guinea-worms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Guinea worm |
| alternative form | Guinea-worm |
| alternative form | guinea worm |
Questions about guinea-worm
- What does guinea-worm mean?
- Guinea-worm means a long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.
- What is guinea-worm in Tamil?
- Guinea-worm in Tamil is நரம்புச் சிலந்திப்புழு. See Guinea-worm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is guinea-worm?
- Guinea-worm is a noun.
- What is the plural of guinea-worm?
- The plural of guinea-worm is guinea-worms.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: guinea-worm (page history and authors); guinea-worm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); નારુ (Gujarati) (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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