FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hookworms

Synonyms:

Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Ancylostomatidae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "family Ancylostomatidae"):

hookworm (parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts)

Holonyms ("family Ancylostomatidae" is a member of...):

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