hookworm
noun
any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
hookwormy
-
a word derived from
hookworm.
Example Sentences
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Early in the book Dickey has his characters stop for directions in some “sleepy and hookwormy and ugly” town, which for all I know could have been Hiawassee.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
