horsehair worm
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As Ed Yong at The Atlantic reports, horsehair worms can survive being swallowed by insects and can even escape the digestive tracts of larger animals. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "How Exploding Beetles Can Survive Being Eaten Alive," 21 Feb. 2018 The creatures start out as eggs laid in freshwater, where most species of horsehair worm primarily live. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "This Jumble of Writhing Sticks Is Actually a Bizarre Parasite," 27 Sep. 2017 According to Hanelt, one of his colleagues found horsehair worms nearly seven feet long in the wild. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "This Jumble of Writhing Sticks Is Actually a Bizarre Parasite," 27 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'horsehair worm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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horsehair worm
noun
horse·hair worm
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Medical Definition of horsehair worm
: any worm of the class or phylum Nematomorpha
— called also gordiacean, horsehair snake