NEMATODE


Meaning of NEMATODE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈne-mə-ˌtōd ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek nēmat-, nēma

Date: 1865

: any of a phylum (Nematoda or Nemata) of elongated cylindrical worms parasitic in animals or plants or free-living in soil or water — called also roundworm

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.