Usually means: Parasitic worm, causes hookworm disease.
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▸ noun:  Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”) [Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.]

Similar:
ancylostoma, ancylostomatid, ancylostomid, acanthocephalid, strongylid, plathelminth, strongyl, tape-worm, hookworm, acantocephalan, more...

Opposite:
non-hookworm, unhookworm, unancylostome

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Similar:
ancylostoma, ancylostomatid, ancylostomid, acanthocephalid, strongylid, plathelminth, strongyl, tape-worm, hookworm, acantocephalan, more...

Opposite:
non-hookworm, unhookworm, unancylostome



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