See Also: predator(medicine)
Predator(money)
predator(dictionary)
predator(dictionary)

ascaris (iou) and predator (medicine)


ascaris (iou)



ascaris noun. . LME.
[mod. Latin from Greek askaris, pl. -ides, intestinal worm.]
A parasitic nematode worm of the genus Ascaris; esp. A. lumbricoides, parasitic in man.
Also ascarid noun [back-form. from pl. ascarides] L17.

predator (medicine)


predator
<epidemiology> An animal that kills its prey and then feeds on it to subsist until the next kill.