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FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ancylostomatidae mean?
• FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE has 1 sense:
1. hookworms
Familiarity information: FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hookworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae
Hypernyms ("family Ancylostomatidae" is a kind of...):
worm family (a family of worms)
Meronyms (members of "family Ancylostomatidae"):
hookworm (parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts)
Holonyms ("family Ancylostomatidae" is a member of...):
Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)
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