ancylostoma
noun
ancylostoma is a noun meaning “Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-C-Y-L-O-S-T-O-M-A, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ancylostoma is ancylostomata or ancylostomas.
What does ancylostoma mean?
noun
- 1
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ancylostoma
- ancylostomata plural
- ancylostomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ancylostoma?
Ancylostoma appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ancylostoma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ancilostoma |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ancylostoma come from?
Borrowed from the taxonomic name Ancylostoma, eventually from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “curved”) and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Analyzable as ancylo- + stoma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).