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Trichocephalus dispar

Whipworm \Whip"worm`\, n. [So called from its shape.] (Zo["o]l.) A nematode worm ( Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.