NEMATODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nematoda mean? 

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

1. unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEMATODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda

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

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Nematoda"):

helminth; parasitic worm (worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes)

Aphasmidia; class Aphasmidia; class Phasmidia; Phasmidia (one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems)

nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)

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)

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

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

 Context examples 

A roundworm of the phylum Nematoda often utilized as a biological model system for research.

(Caenorhabditis elegans, NCI Thesaurus)