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whipworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
whip-worm
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From whip + worm.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whipworms (plural)

Questions

What does whipworm mean?
Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
Where does whipworm come from?
From whip + worm.

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