spirurid

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noun

Any nematode in the family Spiruridae.

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Meanings

nounspirurid (plural spirurids)

plural spirurids

  1. biologyAny nematode in the family Spiruridae.

    Representatives of the Mermithidae are the most common nematode parasites of tettigoniids, however spirurids and more rarely, subulurids and thelastomatids, also occur in some members of this family.

    1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations
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