nematodo

Definitions of nematodo
  1. noun
    unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
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    lombriz intestinal
    intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
    anquilostoma
    parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
    filaria
    slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
    filaria de Medina
    parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates
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    gusano
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
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