Nematoda

[ nĕm′ə-tō′də ]

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A phylum of worms including species parasitic in humans and plants as well as free-living nonparasitic species in soil or water. It includes the intestinal roundworms and filarial roundworms.

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Words nearby Nematoda

nemathelminth, nematic, nemato-, nematocide, nematocyst, Nematoda, nematode, nematodiasis, nematoid, nematology, nematomorph

How to use Nematoda in a sentence

Those that are usually dwelt on are treated with the Rotifers and Nematoda and Turbellaria.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various
Nematoda: Mastophorus numidica mt, Syphacia obvelata mt, Trichuris stansburyi t.
Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado|Charles L. Douglas
Indeed Mechnikov, to whom we owe much of our knowledge of these forms, calls them “creeping Nematoda.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various
The form of the lumen, as already pointed out by Grube, resembles that of the Nematoda.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour

The male has two spicules, and there is some doubt as to whether it should be placed with the Desmoscolecida or with the Nematoda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2|Various