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NEMATODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
Synonyms:
Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nematoda" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Nematoda"):
helminth; parasitic worm (worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes)
Aphasmidia; class Aphasmidia; class Phasmidia; Phasmidia (one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems)
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Ascaridae; family Ascaridae (large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates)
family Oxyuridae; Oxyuridae (pinworms)
Cephalobidae; family Cephalobidae; family Tylenchidae; Tylenchidae (a family of Nematoda)
Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae (hookworms)
family Filariidae; Filariidae (threadlike roundworms)
Dracunculidae; family Dracunculidae (greatly elongated roundworm)
Holonyms ("Nematoda" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
