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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various nematode worms of the order Strongylida that are parasitic in the lungs of mammals.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A worm parasitic in the lungs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (Strongylus filaria) are the best known.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several nematode worms, of the family Metastrongylidae, that are parasitic to mammalian lungs

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