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Nematode

//ˈnɛm.ə.təʊd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.

    "Nematodes are free-living, soil-dwelling microscopic worms."

  2. 2
    unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Nematoda, from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

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