ˌstränjəˈlȯiˌdēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Strongylus + -oides -oid
: a genus (the type of the family Strongyloididae) of rhabditid nematode worms having both free-living males and females and parthenogenetic females parasitic in the intestine of various vertebrates and including some medically and economically important pests (as S. stercoralis ) of man