palisade worm
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Palisade worm — Palisade Pal i*sade , n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See {Pale} a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palisade worm — noun : any of several comparatively large bloodsucking nematode worms (genus Strongylus) that are parasitic in the large intestine of horses and have larvae which wander in the viscera and sometimes lodge in the intestinal blood vessels causing… … Useful english dictionary
Palisade — Pal i*sade , n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See {Pale} a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Palisade cells — Palisade Pal i*sade , n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See {Pale} a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worm — 1. In anatomy, any structure resembling a w., e.g., the midline part of the cerebellum in the forms of “vermis” and “lumbrical.” 2. Term once used to designate any member of the invertebrate group or former subkingdom Vermes, a collective term … Medical dictionary
Strongylus armatus — Palisade Pal i*sade , n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See {Pale} a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bloodworm — 1. The filarial parasite of sheep, Elaeophora schneideri. 2. Red aquatic larvae of certain dipterous gnats and midges. 3. Marine annelids in the family Terebellidae with soft bodies and red blood. 4. Blood inhabiting worms, such as the human… … Medical dictionary
Strongylus — The palisade worm, a genus of large strongyle nematodes (subfamily Strongylinae, family Strongylidae) parasitic in horses and other equids, and the cause of strongylosis. [G. strongylos, round] S. asini a species that occurs in the large intes … Medical dictionary
Strongylus equinus — a species parasitic in the intestines of horses; called also palisade worm … Medical dictionary
sclerostome — ˈsklirəˌstōm, ler noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Sclerostoma, genus of nematode worms in former classifications, from scler + stoma : palisade worm … Useful english dictionary
