Ancylostoma

See also: ancylostoma

Translingual

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Proper noun

Ancylostoma n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ancylostomatidae – hookworms that have buccal teeth resembling hooks and are intestinal parasites of mammals including humans.

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