Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roundworm

2 senses of roundworm

Sense 1
tinea, ringworm, roundworm -- (infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches)
       => fungal infection, mycosis -- (an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus)

Sense 2
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm -- (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
       => worm -- (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)