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DRACUNCULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dracunculidae mean?
• DRACUNCULIDAE (noun)
The noun DRACUNCULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. greatly elongated roundworm
Familiarity information: DRACUNCULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greatly elongated roundworm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dracunculidae; family Dracunculidae
Hypernyms ("Dracunculidae" is a kind of...):
worm family (a family of worms)
Meronyms (members of "Dracunculidae"):
Dracunculus; genus Dracunculus (type genus of the family Dracunculidae)
Holonyms ("Dracunculidae" is a member of...):
Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)
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