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rhabditiform

rhabditiform adjective: having the form of a nematode of the order Rhabditida.

Adjective

rhabditiform (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of a nematode of the order Rhabditida.
    • The adult female has a robust body, a relatively short and wide buccal capsule conjoined by a rhabditiform pharynx.2015 December 17, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a New Rhabditid Nematode from South China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of rhabditiform

Rhabditida + -iform

Questions about rhabditiform

What does rhabditiform mean?
Rhabditiform means having the form of a nematode of the order Rhabditida.
What part of speech is rhabditiform?
Rhabditiform is an adjective.

Words near rhabditiform in the dictionary

  1. rhabdite
  2. rhabdites
  3. rhabditic
  4. rhabditid
  5. rhabditids
  6. rhabditiform
  7. rhabditophoran
  8. rhabditophorans
  9. rhabdmyosarcoma
  10. rhabdo
  11. rhabdo-

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