Aschelminthes
[ask-hel-min-theez]
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noun Zoology.
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
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The invertebrates: Acanthocephala, Aschelminthes, and Endoprocta.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
Aschelminthes
[ăsk′hĕl-mĭn′thēz′]
n.
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