Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guinea-worm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: guinea--worm
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.

Example Sentences

"the rishta-doctors patiently removing guinea-worms, making an incision, trapping the three-foot-long creature's head in a cleft at the end of a stick, and then slowly winding it out of the incision"

Inflected Forms

guinea-worms (plural) Guinea worm (alternative)

Synonyms

dragon worm

Questions

What does guinea-worm mean?: A long, white parasitic worm, of species Dracunculus medinensis, which can live in human skin.

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