ASCARIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

Synonyms:

Ascaridae; family Ascaridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ascaridae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "Ascaridae"):

Ascaris; genus Ascaris (type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth)

Ascaridia; genus Ascaridia (roundworm having a preanal sucker)

Holonyms ("Ascaridae" is a member of...):

Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)