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WORM FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of worms
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("worm family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "worm family"):
family Fasciolidae; Fasciolidae; family Schistosomatidae; Schistosomatidae (a family of Trematoda)
family Taeniidae; Taeniidae (a family of Cestoda)
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)
Branchiobdellidae; family Branchiobdellidae (small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches)
family Terebellidae; Terebellidae (marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies)
family Hirudinidae; Hirudinidae (a family of Hirudinea)
Holonyms ("worm family" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
