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Tapeworm vs Hookworm - What's the difference?

tapeworm | hookworm |

As nouns the difference between tapeworm and hookworm

is that tapeworm is any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle while hookworm is any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species species: Ancylostoma duodenale and species: Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

tapeworm

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

  • (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
  • (countable) A (broad fish tapeworm), .
  • (uncountable) Infestation by tapeworms.
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    • Synonyms

    * (any species of class Cestoda) cestode

    Anagrams

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    hookworm

    English

    (wikipedia hookworm) (Ancylostoma duodenale) (Necator americanus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species , having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

    • See also

    * ancylostomiasis