Dracunculus
[ drə-kŭng′kyə-ləs ]
n.
A genus of nematodes that includes parasitic species such as Dracunculus medinensis, which migrates within subcutaneous tissues and forms chronic ulcers in the skin.
Example sentences from the Web for dracunculus
Dracunculus, a plant spotted with various colours, like a vipers skin, was supposed to be a remedy for all kinds of snake-stings.
The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions |Carveth ReadIt is Dracunculus vulgaris, and derives its name from its stem, which is spotted like a snake.
The Leipsic helminthologist had, indeed, specially instructed Fedschenko as to the probable source of Dracunculus.
Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold