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Ophiodes vertebralis, the jointed worm lizard, is a species of limbless lizard of the Diploglossidae family. It is found in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay...

Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm, dragon worm, fiery serpent) is a nematode that causes dracunculiasis, also known as guinea worm disease. The disease is...

Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking...

lizard Ophiodes striatus (Spix, 1824) – striped worm lizard Ophiodes vertebralis Bocourt, 1881 – jointed worm lizard Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses...

Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm first uncovered in 2010 and thought to have been in development since at least 2005. Stuxnet targets supervisory control...

The skōlex (Indus worm or the horrible Indian worm), in ancient Greek writings, was a supposed giant, white, carnivorous worm with a large pair of teeth...

efficient performance, though other mechanisms could be used, e.g. hobson's joints, worm gears or crossed helical gears. The drive shaft is often mated to a hub...

A peristaltic robot, also known as a worm-bot, is a robot that uses peristaltic locomotion to move, mimicking the movement of earthworms. Peristaltic locomotion...

settles his debt with Big Worm, telling him he will no longer sell drugs and is set to enter rehabilitation. Smokey then smokes a joint and ends the movie by...

Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. This worm originally targeted users of networking websites like...

/əˈnɛlɪdə/, from Latin anellus, "little ring"), also known as the segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including ragworms...

known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms, known as...

loa filariasis, (Loiasis) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a deer fly (Chrysops...

onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more...

found in mechanical clocks. Worms resemble screws. A worm is meshed with a worm wheel, which looks similar to a spur gear. Worm-and-gear sets are a simple...

nearly 14 months cleaning the worm, named agent.btz, from military networks. Agent.btz, a variant of the SillyFDC worm, has the ability "to scan computers...

worm toilet, is an on-site sanitation system in which human excreta are delivered from a toilet (usually by flushing) onto a medium containing a worm-based...

though they are of less clinical concern. The lumbricals are four, small, worm-like muscles on each hand. These muscles are unusual in that they do not...

also named Autorun, is a computer worm that infects USB flash drives with spyware. A variant of the SillyFDC worm, it was used in a massive 2008 cyberattack...

first portable circular saw. This saw's invention also spurred the use of worm drive gearing, a dual-field motor, and die-cast aluminum motor housing. In...