a. and sb. Zool. [ad. mod.L. lumbrīcoīd-ēs: see LUMBRICUS and -OID.]

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  A.  adj. Resembling the lumbricus or round-worm, Ascaris lumbricoides. B. sb. The round-worm.

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1849–52.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 853/2. The presence of lumbricoid ascarides in the intestine.

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1882.  Quain’s Dict. Med., 855/2. All the larger round-worms infesting man and animals are apt to be called lumbricoids.

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1892.  Lancet, 20 Jan., 284/2. The possible relations between micro-organisms and these lumbricoids being thus established.

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