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NEMATODE WORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
Synonyms:
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nematode worm" is a kind of...):
worm (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nematode worm"):
Ascaris lumbricoides; common roundworm (intestinal parasite of humans and pigs)
Ascaridia galli; chicken roundworm (intestinal parasite of domestic fowl)
Enterobius vermicularis; pinworm; threadworm (small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children)
eelworm (any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms)
Tylenchus tritici; wheat eel; wheat eelworm; wheatworm (small roundworm parasitic on wheat)
trichina; Trichinella spiralis (parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles)
hookworm (parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts)
filaria (slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects)
Dracunculus medinensis; Guinea worm (parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates)
Holonyms ("nematode worm" is a member of...):
Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)
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