English noun: Dracunculus medinensis | |||
1. | Dracunculus medinensis (animal) parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates | ||
Synonyms | Guinea worm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | ||
Member meronym | Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus | ||