1. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates; [syn: Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dracunculus medinensis
n 1: parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the
abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
[syn: Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis]