nematode

nem·a·tode

 (nĕm′ə-tōd′, nē′mə-)

n.

Any of numerous worms of the phylum Nematoda, having unsegmented cylindrical bodies often narrowing at each end, and including free-living species that are abundant in soil and water, and species that are parasites of plants and animals, such as eelworms, pinworms, and hookworms. Also called roundworm.

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[From New Latin Nēmatōda, phylum name : nemato- + New Latin -ōda (alteration of -oīdea, from neuter pl. of Greek -oeidēs, -oid).]

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nem′a·tode′ adj.

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nematode

(ˈnɛməˌtəʊd) or

nematoid

n

(Animals) any unsegmented worm of the phylum (or class) Nematoda, having a tough outer cuticle. The group includes free-living forms and disease-causing parasites, such as the hookworm and filaria. Also called: nematode worm or roundworm

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nem•a•tode

(ˈnɛm əˌtoʊd)

n.

any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body and often parasitic on animals and plants; a roundworm.

[1860–65]

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nem·a·tode

(nĕm′ə-tōd′)

Any of several slender cylindrical worms, usually of tiny size, that live in great numbers in water, soil, plants, and animals. They have a simple structure, with a long hollow gut separated from the body wall by a fluid-filled space. Several nematodes are parasites on animals and humans and cause disease.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nematode - unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic nematode worm, roundworm 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 Aschelminthes, Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms 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

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Translations

nematodonemátodo

sukkulamato

nématode

nem·a·tode

n. nematodo, gusano de la clase Nematoda;

alcoholic ___ → ___ alcohólica;

autonomic ___ → ___ autonómica;

hepatic ___ → ___ hepática.

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