Oxy·uri·dae
n pl : a family of nematode worms that have a distinct posterior enlargement of the pharynx and no preanal suckers in the male and that are chiefly parasites of the vertebrate intestinal tract - see PINWORM .
Similar sounding terms: oxy·urid
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