giant kidney worm

giant kidney worm
giant kidney worm n a blood-red nematode worm of the genus Dioctophyma (D. renale) that sometimes exceeds a yard in length and invades mammalian kidneys esp. of the dog and occas. of humans

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Dioctophyma renale.

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