Aschelminthes

Aschelminthes
noun
unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
• Hypernyms: ↑phylum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom
• Member Meronyms:

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\\ˌaskˌhelˈminˌthēz, ˌaˌskel-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from asc- + Helminthes
in 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

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/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.

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  • Aschelminthes — A former phylum of the Metazoa that included the class Nematoda and a disparate assortment of other pseudocelomates, each now accorded separate phylum status; they are nonsegmented, bilaterally symmetric, and cylindric or filiform, with a… …   Medical dictionary

  • aschelminthes — asc·hel·min·thes …   English syllables

  • phylum Aschelminthes — noun unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms • Syn: ↑Nematoda, ↑phylum Nematoda, ↑Aschelminthes • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Aschelminthe — Aschelminthes Aschelminthes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pseudocoelomata — Aschelminthes Aschelminthes …   Wikipédia en Français

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