habronema
habronema noun: any nematode of the genus Habronema.
Noun
habronema (plural habronemas)
- Any nematode of the genus Habronema.
- The identification of the parasites is at present impossible, but the spinous-tipped tail indicates that they correspond to certain stages of one of the spiruroidea, and so most probably of a habronema; whether Habronema muscæ, microstoma, or megastoma must be reserved for future experiments.1918, Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics
- The house fly and habronemas of equines, Koubaud and Descazeaux1922, Experiment Station Record, volume 47, United States Office of Experiment Stations
Examples of habronema in a sentence
- Carbon bisulphide was found effective against parasites in the upper part of the digestive tract, namely, bots, ascarids and habronemas (stomach worms).1922, The Philippine Agriculturist, volume 11, page 96:
- Habronemas of carnivorous birds and mammals probably reach their definitive hosts by way of transport hosts.1940, Libbie Henrietta Hyman, The Invertebrates: Acanthocephala, Aschelminthes, and Entoprocta, the pseudocoelomate Bilateria:
Forms of habronema
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Questions about habronema
- What does habronema mean?
- Habronema means any nematode of the genus Habronema.
- How do you use habronema in a sentence?
- Carbon bisulphide was found effective against parasites in the upper part of the digestive tract, namely, bots, ascarids and habronemas (stomach worms).
- What part of speech is habronema?
- Habronema is a noun.
- What is the plural of habronema?
- The plural of habronema is habronemas.
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