- Aschelminthes
- noununsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms• Syn: ↑Nematoda, ↑phylum Nematoda, ↑phylum Aschelminthes• Hypernyms: ↑phylum• Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom• Member Meronyms:↑helminth, ↑parasitic worm, ↑Aphasmidia, ↑class Aphasmidia, ↑Phasmidia, ↑class Phasmidia, ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm, ↑Ascaridae, ↑family Ascaridae, ↑Oxyuridae, ↑family Oxyuridae, ↑Cephalobidae, ↑family Cephalobidae, ↑Tylenchidae, ↑family Tylenchidae, ↑Ancylostomatidae, ↑family Ancylostomatidae, ↑Filariidae, ↑family Filariidae, ↑Dracunculidae, ↑family Dracunculidae
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\\ˌaskˌhelˈminˌthēz, ˌaˌskel-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalizedin some classifications : a phylum of pseudocoelomate animals including the Rotifera, Gastrotricha, Kinorhyncha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, and sometimes the Acanthocephala all of which are sometimes regarded as independent phyla — compare entoprocta* * *
/ask'hel min"theez/, n. Zool.a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.