nematode

See also: nématode

English

a soil roundworm

Etymology

Modern Latin compound of nemat- "thread" (from Greek nema, genitive nematos "thread," from stem of nein "to spin;") + -odes "like, of the nature of" ( -oid ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛməˌtoʊd/

Noun

nematode (plural nematodes)

1. A small invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda.

Synonyms

• roundworm

Derived terms

• nemat-
• nematodal
• nematodal
• nematodelike
• nematodiasis
• phytonematode
• Steiner's spiral nematode

 

Translations

small invertebrate animal

• Arabic: نِيمَاتُودَا f (nimatodā), دودَة اِسْطِوَانِيَّة f (dūda isṭiwāniyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線蟲／线虫 (zh) (xiànchóng), 线虫 (zh) (xiànchóng)

• Czech: hlístice f
• Esperanto: nematodo
• Finnish: sukkulamato (fi)
• French: nématode (fr) m
• German: Fadenwurm m
• Ido: nematodo (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: nematode m
• Navajo: táyiʼ naatʼiʼítsʼósí
• Polish: nicień m
• Portuguese: nematódeo m
• Russian: немато́да (ru) f (nematóda)
• Spanish: nematodo (es) m
• Tagalog: uodugat
• Ukrainian: немато́да (nematóda)

Anagrams

• metanode

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Italian

Etymology

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Noun

nematode m (plural nematodi)

1. nematode

Anagrams

• demoneta
• emendato
• metadone