- lungworms
- Nematodes that inhabit the air passages of animals, chiefly in the family Metastrongylidae (or Protostrongylidae). See Aelurostrongylus, Crenosoma vulpis, Metastrongylus, Muellerius capillaris.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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