Both Uses
hookworm
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- Walter Cunningham's face told everybody in the first grade he had hookworms.
p. 21.6hookworms = bloodsucking parasites
- People caught hookworms going barefooted in barnyards and hog wallows.
p. 21.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(hookworm) bloodsucking parasite that has hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of humans or other mammals; generally entering the body through the foot or other skin
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)