Vermes (`worms`) is an obsolete taxon used by Carolus Linnaeus for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals. In Linnaeus system the group had the rank of class, occupying the 6th (and last) slot of his animal systematics. The class was divided into the following orders: Apart from the Mollusca (molluscs), Linnaeus included a very diverse and rathe.....
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• (n. pl.) A more restricted group, comprising only the helminths and closely allied orders. • (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also i...
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<zoology> An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopods, the bryzoans, and the tunicates are also included. The name was used in a still wider sense by Linnaeus and his followers. ... A more restri...
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Parasitic infestation, most probably threadworms
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Ver'mes noun plural [ Latin
vermes , plural of
vermis a worm.]
(Zoology) (a) An extensive artificial division of the animal kingdom, including the parasitic worms, or helminths, together with the nemerteans, annelids, and allied groups. By some writers the branchiopod...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: vĕr′mēz Definitions: 1. Archaic term for a subkingdom of the animal kingdom containing worms and wormlike organisms; an unnatural division no longer in taxonomic use.
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