noun
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
• Hypernyms: ↑worm
• Hyponyms:
↑common roundworm, ↑Ascaris lumbricoides, ↑chicken roundworm, ↑Ascaridia galli, ↑pinworm, ↑threadworm, ↑Enterobius vermicularis, ↑eelworm, ↑wheatworm, ↑wheat eel, ↑wheat eelworm, ↑Tylenchus tritici, ↑trichina, ↑Trichinella spiralis, ↑hookworm, ↑filaria, ↑Guinea worm, ↑Dracunculus medinensis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nematoda, ↑phylum Nematoda, ↑Aschelminthes, ↑phylum Aschelminthes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.