ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ancylostomatidae mean? 

• ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE (noun)
  The noun ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE has 1 sense:

1. hookworms

  Familiarity information: ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hookworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae

Hypernyms ("Ancylostomatidae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "Ancylostomatidae"):

hookworm (parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts)

Holonyms ("Ancylostomatidae" is a member of...):

Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)