FAMILY DRACUNCULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dracunculidae mean? 

• FAMILY DRACUNCULIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY DRACUNCULIDAE has 1 sense:

1. greatly elongated roundworm

  Familiarity information: FAMILY DRACUNCULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DRACUNCULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greatly elongated roundworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dracunculidae; family Dracunculidae

Hypernyms ("family Dracunculidae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "family Dracunculidae"):

Dracunculus; genus Dracunculus (type genus of the family Dracunculidae)

Holonyms ("family Dracunculidae" is a member of...):

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