English > phylum Nematoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms. |
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| Synonyms | Nematoda, Aschelminthes, phylum Aschelminthes |
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| Member of | Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
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| Members | Ancylostomatidae, family Ancylostomatidae | hookworms |
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| Aphasmidia, class Aphasmidia | One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems |
| Ascaridae, family Ascaridae | large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates |
| Cephalobidae, family Cephalobidae | A family of Nematoda |
| Dracunculidae, family Dracunculidae | greatly elongated roundworm |
| Filariidae, family Filariidae | threadlike roundworms |
| Oxyuridae, family Oxyuridae | pinworms |
| Phasmidia, class Phasmidia | One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems |
| Tylenchidae, family Tylenchidae | A family of Nematoda |
| helminth, parasitic worm | worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes |
| nematode, nematode worm, roundworm | unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends |
| Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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| Spanish | Aschelminthes, filo Aschelminthes, filo Nematoda, Nematoda, nematodos |
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| Catalan | Nematoda, Nematode |
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