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Definition
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
- People caught hookworms going barefooted in barnyards and hog wallows.p. 25.4
hookworms = bloodsucking parasites
- Walter Cunningham's face told everybody in the first grade he had hookworms.p. 25.4
hookworms = bloodsucking parasites
There are no more uses of "hookworm" in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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