gourdworm

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A fluke. See fluke, 2.
2. n. One of the segments of a tapeworm: in allusion to its resemblance to the seed of a gourd; a cucurbitinus.

Wiktionary

1. n. obsolete The fluke that infests sheep.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) The fluke of sheep. See fluke.