ASBES'TUS,
ASCA'RIS, nounplural ascar'ides. [Gr.]
In zoology, a genus of intestinal worms. The body is cylindrical, and tapering at the ends. It includes two of the most common worms in the human intestines, the ascarides, and the lumbricoides.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.