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WHEAT EELWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small roundworm parasitic on wheat
Synonyms:
Tylenchus tritici; wheat eel; wheat eelworm; wheatworm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wheat eelworm" is a kind of...):
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Holonyms ("wheat eelworm" is a member of...):
genus Tylenchus; Tylenchus (type genus of the family Tylenchidae)