Tylenchus

Tylenchus
noun
type genus of the family Tylenchidae
Syn: ↑genus Tylenchus
Hypernyms: ↑worm genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Tylenchidae, ↑family Tylenchidae
Member Meronyms: ↑wheatworm, ↑wheat eel, ↑wheat eelworm, ↑Tylenchus tritici

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\\-kəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from tyl- + Greek enchos spear
: a genus of nematode worms (family Tylenchidae) usually restricted to soil-dwelling forms that are saprophagous or feed on roots but formerly including numerous serious plant parasites (as the bulb eelworm) that are mostly placed in the genus Anguina

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  • tylenchus — [ tilɛ̃kys ] n. m. • 1904; du gr. tulos « bosse » et egkhelus « anguille » ♦ Zool. Nématode qui s attaque aux cultures, provoquant notamment la nielle du blé. ⇒ anguillule. ● tylenchus nom masculin Nématode du groupe des anguillules, dont… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Tylenchus — Tylenchus, s. Aaltierchen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tylenchus tritici — noun small roundworm parasitic on wheat • Syn: ↑wheatworm, ↑wheat eel, ↑wheat eelworm • Hypernyms: ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tylenchus tritici — Wheatworm Wheat worm , n. A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}, formerly {Anguillula tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tylenchus — ty·len·chus …   English syllables

  • genus Tylenchus — noun type genus of the family Tylenchidae • Syn: ↑Tylenchus • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tylenchidae, ↑family Tylenchidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • nchus — tylenchus …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Anguina agrostis — Taxobox name = Bentgrass nematode regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea subclassis = Diplogasteria ordo = Tylenchida superfamilia = Tylenchoidea familia = Anguinidae subfamilia = Anguininae genus = Anguina species = A.… …   Wikipedia

  • Tylenchidae — noun a family of Nematoda • Syn: ↑family Tylenchidae • Hypernyms: ↑worm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Nematoda, ↑phylum Nematoda, ↑Aschelminthes, ↑phylum Aschelminthes …   Useful english dictionary

  • wheatworm — noun small roundworm parasitic on wheat • Syn: ↑wheat eel, ↑wheat eelworm, ↑Tylenchus tritici • Hypernyms: ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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