Tapeworm
Tapeworm noun - Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.
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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.
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