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thelastomatid

thelastomatid noun: any member of the family Thelastomatidae of nematodes.

Noun

thelastomatid (plural thelastomatids)

  1. Any member of the family Thelastomatidae of nematodes.
    • Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations

Forms of thelastomatid

pluralthelastomatids

Questions about thelastomatid

What does thelastomatid mean?
Thelastomatid means any member of the family Thelastomatidae of nematodes.
What part of speech is thelastomatid?
Thelastomatid is a noun.
What is the plural of thelastomatid?
The plural of thelastomatid is thelastomatids.

Words near thelastomatid in the dictionary

  1. Thekkumkur
  2. thel-
  3. thelarchal
  4. thelarche
  5. thelarcheal
  6. thelastomatid
  7. thelastomatids
  8. thelaziasis
  9. thelaziid
  10. thelaziids
  11. thelaziosis

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