n :  a genus of common hookworms that have buccal teeth resembling flat plates, that include internal parasites of humans and various other mammals, and that are prob. of African origin though first identified in No. America - compare ANCYLOSTOMA  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  noc·tu·ria  nyc·tu·ria 
 
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