Dracunculiasis (more commonly known as guinea-worm disease) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a long thread-like worm.

McDiarmid said the Barbados creature is a type of thread snake, also called worm snake, which are mostly found in the tropics.

Something, such as the thread of a screw or the spiral condenser in a still, that resembles a worm in form or appearance.