ˌneməd.əˈmȯrfə, nə̇ˌmad.- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from nemat- + -morpha
: a class of Aschelminthes or a separate phylum comprising the horsehair worms formerly often grouped with the nematodes but distinguished from these by possession of a true body cavity, gonads discontinuous with their ducts, and an atrophied digestive tract in the adult — see gordioidea , nectonematoidea
• nem·a·to·mor·phan | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|mȯrfən, ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- adjective or noun