nematode
ne·ma·tode
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1.
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
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Borrowed from translingual Nematoda, from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).
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