Hypernym

noun

any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

worm 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

Derivationally related form

wormy 1

adjective

infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

Hyponym

helminth 1

noun

worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

woodworm 1

noun

a larva of a woodborer

acanthocephalan 1

noun

any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

arrowworm 1

noun

any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth

flatworm 1

noun

parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body