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Ascaridae

noun

large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

• Syn: ↑family Ascaridae

• Hypernyms: ↑worm family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nematoda, ↑phylum Nematoda, ↑Aschelminthes, ↑phylum Aschelminthes

• Member Meronyms: ↑Ascaris, ↑genus Ascaris, ↑Ascaridia, ↑genus Ascaridia

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\\əˈskarəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ascarid-, Ascaris type genus + -idae

: a large family of nematode worms (superfamily Ascaridoidea) usually parasitic in the intestines of vertebrates, of large size, and having three well-developed lips and a simple cylindrical esophagus — see ascaridia, ascaris

Useful english dictionary. 2012.