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burr(1) (iou)



burr noun1. Also bur. LME.
[Abbreviation of BURROW: cf. BROCH.]
A circle. rare in gen. sense. LME.
A broad iron ring on a tilting spear. L15-E17.
A washer placed on the small end of a rivet before the end is swaged down. E17.
A luminous ring round the moon etc., a halo. M17.
Comb.: burr-pump Nautical a bilge-pump with the piston so made as not to require a valve.

Ascarops strongylina (medicine)


Ascarops strongylina


A small bloodsucking worm found in the stomach of pigs and wild boars in many parts of the world. Larvae of this species develop in coprophagous beetles; worms adhere to the gastric mucosa of the pig, and may cause inflammation and ulceration in heavy infections.

Origin: G. Askaris, an intestinal worm; strongylos, round