stränˈjiləˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Strongylus, type genus + -idae
: a large family of nematode worms (suborder Strongylina) that are parasites of vertebrates and have a globular to cylindrical buccal capsule and a circlet of laminar processes about the mouth — see chabertia , oesophagostomum , strongylus