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PRONUNCIATION OF HORSEHAIR WORM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORSEHAIR WORM

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Horsehair worm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HORSEHAIR WORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

horsehair worm

Nematomorpha

Nematomorpha are a phylum of parasitoid animals superficially similar to nematode worms in morphology, hence the name. They range in size in most species from 50 to 100 centimetres long and can reach in extreme cases up to 2 metres, and 1 to 3 millimetres in diameter. Horsehair worms can be discovered in damp areas such as watering troughs, swimming pools, streams, puddles, and cisterns. The adult worms are free living, but the larvae are parasitic on beetles, cockroaches, mantids, orthopterans, and crustaceans. About 351 freshwater species are known and a conservative estimate suggests that there may be about 2000 freshwater species worldwide. The name "Gordian" stems from the legendary Gordian knot. This relates to the fact that nematomorpha often tie themselves in knots.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HORSEHAIR WORM

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Synonyms and antonyms of horsehair worm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «horsehair worm» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

马鬃虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gusano de crin
570 millions of speakers

English

horsehair worm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घोड़े का बाल कीड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شعر الخيل دودة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конского волоса червь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crina verme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘোড়াওয়ালা কৃমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crin ver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacing kuda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rosshaar -Wurm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハリガネムシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말총 웜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cacing kuda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bờm ngựa sâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குதிரை புழு புழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घोडायर वर्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

At kovanı solucanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crine verme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

robak z włosia końskiego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кінського волоса черв´як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păr de cal vierme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χοντρότριχες σκουλήκι
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

perdehare wurm
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tagel mask
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

hestehår orm
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSEHAIR WORM»

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Aquatic Invertebrates of Alberta: An Illustrated Guide
Some workers suggest the arthropod will eat the larval horsehair worm, while others maintain the larval horsehair worm will penetrate into the arthropod. Also, for some species of nematomorphs, the larva might be eaten by an aquatic ...
Hugh F. Clifford, 1991
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Life: The Science of Biology
32.18 Horsehair Worm Larvae Are Parasitic Like the strepsipteran insects described at the start of this chapter, the larvae of this horsehair worm ( Paragordius tricuspidatus) can manipulate its host's behavior. The hatching worm causes the ...
David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, May Berenbaum, 2011
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Principles of Life
An adult horsehair worm has no mouth, and its gut is greatly reduced and probably nonfunctional. Some species feed only as larvae, absorbing nutrients from their hosts across the body wall. But other species continue to grow and shed their ...
H. Craig Heller, 2012
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Texas Bug Book: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Horsehair worm (AM) Earthworms (H) Horsehair Worms Horsehair worms are also called Gordian worms because they will often twist into loose, ball-shaped knots. They occur in knotted masses or as single worms in water sources such as  ...
Howard Garrett, C. Malcolm Beck, 2005
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Connecticut Wildlife: Biodiversity, Natural History, and ...
Horsehair worm cycts possibly survive one or two years in hosts that live that long . Whatever the situation, the larvae develop in an insect (or sometimes other invertebrates) and are nourished therein by absorbing nutrients through their body ...
Geoffrey A. Hammerson, 2004
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A Rough Sort of Beauty: Reflections on the Natural Heritage ...
What does it mean to have a sense of place? Through history, memoir, poetry, and fiction, the writers of these essays answer this question in a variety of ways, giving us their collective history of natural Arkansas.
Diana Steward, 2002
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Katydids and Bush-crickets: Reproductive Behavior and ...
Horsehair worm infections in katydids have been reported to kill 40 to 60 percent of young adult Orchelimum species (Morris et al. 1975c; Feaver 1977) and up to 59 percent of a band of Mormon crickets (Thorne 1940). A high parasitism rate in  ...
Darryl T. Gwynne, 2001
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Life: The Science of Biology
32.4 A Horsehair Worm How these worms got their name is evident from this photograph. Nerve ganglion Pharynx Ventral nerve [ Nematodes grow, shed, and . 566 CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Tough cuticles evolved in some unsegmented ...
William K. Purves, David Sadava, Gordon H. Orians, 2000
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Thematic Guide to Popular Nonfiction
When outlining the complicated life of a horsehair worm, she concludes, "You'd be thin, too." And she deduces that "you have to stalk the spirit, too" to know what a thing "is." Imagery illuminates an explosion of a star as it "strikes the planet, ...
Lynda G. Adamson, 2006
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Exploring Biology in the Laboratory:
Horsehair worm, Gordius aquaticus. In adult horsehair worms the digestive system is vestigial (a structure that has lost its function), and digestion occurs through absorption. Adult horsehair worms are free-living and can be found in damp ...
Murray P. Pendarvis, John L. Crawley, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORSEHAIR WORM»

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Ten sinister parasites that control their hosts' minds
First, a tiny horsehair worm larva is eaten by the larva of another insect, such as a mosquito or mayfly. Once this emerges from the water, ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
2
Is This How The Zombie Apocalypse Will Happen? 5 Real-Life …
The horsehair worm, or nematomorpha, is parasitoid animal which also creates 'zombie' insect hosts. Adult horsehair worms are free living, ... «moviepilot.com, Feb 15»
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If you need a nightmare tonight, watch this parasite escaping its host
A living praying mantis, a glass of liquid (probably water), a horsehair worm escaping out of it. This is not the first time I have seen ... «Gizmodo, Dec 14»
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These parasite bugs can control their hosts' brains from inside
The house cricket loses its will—and its life—to the horsehair worm. Larvae of the parasite infiltrate the cricket when it scavenges dead insects, ... «Gizmodo, Nov 14»
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Zombie bugs lurk, perhaps in your salad
“The house cricket loses its will — and its life — to the horsehair worm. Larvae of the parasite infiltrate the cricket when it scavenges dead ... «SFGate, Oct 14»
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How A Single Parasite Species Can Change Every Life-Form Around It
The charr live in streams inhabited by Gordionus chinensis—a type of nematomorph, otherwise known as a horsehair worm. Their offspring are ... «io9, Oct 14»
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WATCH: Terrifying moment a mind-controlling parasite burrows out …
Michael Sweet, lecturer at the University of Derby, an expert in invertebrate biology said: "The horsehair worm's behaviour is based on its ... «Daily Star, Sep 14»
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Daily Reads: Netflix Ends Saturday Shipping, a Gene Hackman …
This episode specifically mentioned the horsehair worm, which definitely seems to be the visual reference for the skinny little worms in the show ... «Indie Wire, Jul 14»
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Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toros …
And the other is what is called a horsehair worm that overtakes the bodies of insects. When you crush an insect, you have all these long worms ... «Daily Beast, Jul 14»
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Mary's Monday Metazoan: Respect for the nematomorph
Apparently, the model for the vampire parasite was the horsehair worm, or nematomorpha. These are best known as parasites of orthopterans. «ScienceBlogs, Jul 14»

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