Caenorhabditis

Translingual

Etymology

From caeno- +‎ Rhabditis, from Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, fresh”) and ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis, “a member of”, feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)).

Proper noun

Caenorhabditis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabditidae – many nematodes, some of which are model organisms in genetics.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Rhabditida - order; Rhabditina - suborder; Rhabditomorpha - infraorder; Rhabditidae - family; Peloderinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Caenorhabditis elegans - species used as model organism of nematodes

References

• Caenorhabditis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caenorhabditis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Caenorhabditis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caenorhabditis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Caenorhabditis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Caenorhabditis at World Register of Marine Species