cestodes
plural of cestode

chirimia
A Peruvian form of oboe / shawm

chirimias
plural of chirimia

chone
An inhalant or exhalant canal in a sponge; a pore sieve.

chones
plural of chone

chronicon
chronicle

cirratulids
plural of cirratulid

clam worm
A polychete worm, Nereis succinea.

clinostoma
plural of clinostomum

clinostomum
Any trematode of the genus Clinostomum

clitellates
plural of clitellate

cockworm
A type of large marine worm, Arenicola cristata, used for fishing bait.

cockworms
plural of cockworm

coenuri
plural of coenurus

coenurus
A complex tapeworm larva growing interstitially in vertebrate tissues and consisting of a large fluid-filled sac from the inner wall of which numerous scolices develop.

cysticerce
cysticercus

cysticerces
plural of cysticerce

cysticerci
plural of cysticercus

cysticercoid
The larval stage of certain tapeworms, similar in appearance to a cysticercus, but having the scolex filling completely the enclosing cyst.

cysticercoids
plural of cysticercoid

cysticercus
The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex.

dalamalika
In Indian art, a figure depicted holding a branch.

dalamalikas
plural of dalamalika

dero
A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict, especially an alcoholic.

deros
plural of dero

derro
Alternative form of dero (“homeless person; social derelict”).

derros
plural of derro

dew worm
Alternative form of dewworm.

dewworm
The earthworm.

diaphoenicon
An electuary made with dates.

digenean
Any trematode fluke of the subclass Digenea.

digeneans
plural of digenean

eaceworm
An earthworm.

earthworm
A worm that lives in the ground.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
A contemptible person; a groveller.

earthworms
plural of earthworm

easse
An earthworm.

echinococci
plural of echinococcus

echinococcus
A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, thought to be the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.

echinostome
Any flatworm of the order Echinostomida

echinostomes
plural of echinostome

everychone
everyone (each one)

fanworm
Any annelid of the order Sabellida

fanworms
plural of fanworm

fasciola
A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.

fasciolae
plural of fasciola

fat innkeeper
Urechis caupo, a kind of spoonworm.

feather duster worm
Any of the Sabellidae, a family of sedentary marine polychaete tube worms with the head mostly concealed by feathery branchiae.

flota
A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America.

flotas
plural of flota

fossor
A gravedigger in the catacombs of Ancient Rome.
A type of mole cricket, Gryllotalpa fossor, known for its digging abilities.

fossors
plural of fossor

giant tube worm
Riftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents.
Kuphus polythalamia, a shipworm, that feeds on submerged wood and is the longest extant mollusc.

glycerites
plural of glycerite

grindal worm
Alternative letter-case form of Grindal worm.

groundworm
earthworm

guarani
Alternative form of guaraní.

guaranies
plural of guarani

guaranis
plural of guarani

haematobium
A flatworm of the species Schistosoma haematobium, the urinary blood fluke.

hamuli
plural of hamulus

hamulus
A hook, or hook-like process.
A hooked barbicel of a feather.

heamatobium
Misspelling of haematobium.

helicotrema
The part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli meet.

helicotremas
plural of helicotrema

helicotremata
plural of helicotrema

hematobium
Alternative form of haematobium.

hierothecae
plural of hierotheca

horse leech
Alternative form of horse-leech.

ice worm
any of several worms, of the genus Mesenchytraeus, that inhabit glacial ice

ignavia
The sin of sloth, idleness, or moral cowardice.

infula
A fillet of white wool, worn on the head by ancient Roman priests.
A head covering worn by early Christian priests.
A ribbon on a bishop's mitre.

infulae
plural of infula

infulas
plural of infula

innkeeper worm
Urechis caupo, a North American spoon worm.

jaguarete
A black felid historically reported from Brazil and Guyana, of uncertain identification.

jaguaretes
plural of jaguarete

lob worm
Alternative form of lob-worm.

lobworm
The lugworm.

lobworms
plural of lobworm

lugworm
Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola
Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola

lugworms
plural of lugworm

macrochaeta
A large chaeta found in certain organisms

macrochaetae
plural of macrochaeta

macrochaete
Alternative form of macrochaeta.

macrochaetes
plural of macrochaete

macroseta
A relatively long hair or bristle

macrosetae
plural of macroseta

mataderos
plural of matadero

medusa worm
An annelid worm, Loimia medusa

megalophallus
The condition of having an abnormally large penis; macropenis

megalophalluses
plural of megalophallus

mera
The seventh month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

metacercaria
The encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host.

metacercariae
plural of metacercaria

metacercarias
plural of metacercaria

metataxis
Metamorphism involving mechanical change.

metatheca
A later-formed part of the theca in certain graptolites.

microchaeta
A small bristle found on the bodies of some flies or other insects

microchaetae
plural of microchaeta

microdrile
Any relatively small, generally aquatic, oligochaete, a member of a sometimes used size-based division of the class Oligochaeta.

microphallus
The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis

microphthalmus
A person with microphthalmia.

monorchides
plural of monorchis

monorchis
A person with only one testicle.

mudworm
Any species of worm that lives in mud, especially coastal mudflats.

mudworms
plural of mudworm

nais
plural of nai

nightcrawler
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.

nightcrawlers
plural of nightcrawler

ostiola
plural of ostiolum

ostiolum
Alternative form of ostiole.

palmira
Archaic form of palmyra.

palmiras
plural of palmira

palmyra
A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.

palmyras
plural of palmyra

palolo
palolo worm

palolo worm
Palola viridis, a polychaete from the waters of the Pacific islands around Samoa.

palolos
plural of palolo

pantechnica
plural of pantechnicon

pantechnicon
A building or place housing shops or stalls where all sorts of (especially exotic) manufactured articles are collected for sale.
Originally pantechnicon van: a van, especially a large moving or removal van.

parchment worm
A marine polychaete worm of the genus Chaetopterus.

parorchis
The part of the epididymis, or the corresponding part of the vas deferens, that is derived from the Wolffian body.

patagia
plural of patagium

patagium
The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.

peacock worm
A particular species of worm, Sabella pavonina.
A worm of this species.

pectinariids
plural of pectinariid

perionyx
The epidermis bordering a nail.

perionyxes
plural of perionyx

petta
Alternative form of pettah (“fortified town”).

pettas
plural of petta

pista
pistachio

pistas
plural of pista

platt
Obsolete spelling of plat (“scheme, plan, design, map”).

platts
plural of platt