Nematoidea

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Nematoidea

1. (obsolete) Roundworms and threadworms, now classified in phylum Nematoda.

Usage notes

• Variously a phylum, order or class, under names such as Nematodes (now used as a genus name of beetles), Nematoida, Nematodea, and, currently, Nematoda.

Further reading

• Nematoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Animalia (classifications) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “Nematoidea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “Nematoidea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.