n 1  cap  :  a genus (the type of the family Oxyuridae) of parasitic nematodes with a long slender tail and a well-developed posterior pharyngeal enlargement  2  :  any nematode worm of the genus Oxyuris or a related genus (as Enterobius)  :  PINWORM .
 
 
 
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