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Asbestus [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. ASBES'TUS ,

2. ASCA'RIS, noun plural ascar'ides. [Gr.]

3. In zoology, a genus of intestinal worms. The body is cylindrical, and tapering at the ends. It includes two of the most common worms in the human intestines, the ascarides, and the lumbricoides.

Asbestus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Asbestos