nematodelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of nematodes.

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Meanings

adjectivenematodelike (comparative more nematodelike, superlative most nematodelike)

comparative more nematodelike · superlative most nematodelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of nematodes.

    An aberrant feature of the genus is the nematodelike embryo, a tightly coiled and wormlike form within a separate and loose sac[…]

    1975, Robert A. Wardle, James A. MacLeod, Sydney Radinovsky, Advances in the Zoology of Tapeworms: 1950-1970, page 202
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    Body of typical nematodelike appearance in free-living forms, swollen in the females of some plant-parasitic species, but without large swollen cells inside.

    1935, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, volume 89, page 33

Origin

From nematode + -like.

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APA

nematodelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nematodelike

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Chicago

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