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hairworm

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hairworm, worm of the phylum Nematomorpha Nematomorpha , small (about 230 species) phylum of pseudocoelomates; the horsehair worms . Most are very slender, elongated creatures found in ponds and streams, whose larvae live as parasites in arthropods. They emerge as adults for a brief time, then mate and die.
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horsehair worm

 or hairworm or gordian worm

Any of about 250–300 species (class Nematomorpha, or Gordiacea; phylum Aschelminthes) of long, thin worms. The young are parasites in arthropods; the adults are free-living in the sea or in freshwater. The hairlike body sometimes grows to a length of about 39 in. (1 m).

hairworm [′her‚wərm]
(invertebrate zoology)
The common name for about 80 species of worms composing the class Nematomorpha.
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