Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lungworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: lung-worm
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.

Etymology

From lung + worm.

Inflected Forms

lungworms (plural)

Phrases

rat lungworm

Questions

What does lungworm mean?: Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
Where does lungworm come from?: From lung + worm.

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