Parasitic worm and Worm

Parasitic worm noun - Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes.

Worm and parasitic worm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worm" instead a noun phrase "Parasitic worm".

Worm noun - Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae.

Parasitic worm and worm are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Parasitic worm" with "Worm", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: worming, wormed, wormy