Oxyuroidea

Translingual

Etymology

From Oxyurus +‎ -oidea (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Oxyuroidea

1. Pinworms:
   1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Spirurida.
   2. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Rhabditida.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Spirurida - order; Oxyuridomorpha - infraorder
• (superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Oxyuridomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Heteroxynematidae, Oxyuridae, Pharyngodonidae - families

References

• Oxyuroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oxyuroidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248