Meanings
nounsubulurid (plural subulurids)
plural subulurids
- biologyAny member of the family Subuluridae of nematodes.
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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