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nematode

(nem′ə tōd′)

noun

any of a phylum (Nemata) of worms, often parasites of animals and plants, with long, cylindrical, unsegmented bodies and a heavy cuticle, as the hookworm or pinworm; roundworm

Origin: < ModL Nematoda: see nemato- & -ode

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noun

Any of several worms of the phylum Nematoda, having unsegmented, cylindrical bodies, often narrowing at each end, and including parasitic forms such as the hookworm and pinworm. Also called roundworm.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Nēmatōda, phylum name

Origin: : nemato-

Origin: + New Latin -ōda (alteration of -oīdea, from neuter pl. of Greek -oeidēs, -oid)

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