Aschelminthes

[ ask-hel-min-theez ]

nounZoology.
  1. a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.

Origin of Aschelminthes

1
From New Latin; see origin at asc-, helminth, -es1

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