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    PHYLUM NEMATODA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelwormsplay

    Synonyms:

    Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("phylum Nematoda" is a kind of...):

    phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

    Meronyms (members of "phylum Nematoda"):

    helminth; parasitic worm (worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes)

    Aphasmidia; class Aphasmidia; class Phasmidia; Phasmidia (one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems)

    nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)

    Ascaridae; family Ascaridae (large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates)

    family Oxyuridae; Oxyuridae (pinworms)

    Cephalobidae; family Cephalobidae; family Tylenchidae; Tylenchidae (a family of Nematoda)

    Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae (hookworms)

    family Filariidae; Filariidae (threadlike roundworms)

    Dracunculidae; family Dracunculidae (greatly elongated roundworm)

    Holonyms ("phylum Nematoda" is a member of...):

    animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

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