root-knot nematode

root-knot nematode
noun also root-knot eelworm
: any of several small plant-parasitic nematodes formerly regarded as varieties of a single species (Heterodera marioni) but now usually referred as separate species to the related genus Meloidogyne, invading roots of most cultivated and many wild plants, and inducing the formation of galls in which they live and on which they feed — compare meadow nematode

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