thelastomatid

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noun

Any member of the family Thelastomatidae of nematodes.

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Meanings

nounthelastomatid (plural thelastomatids)

plural thelastomatids

  1. biologyAny member of the family Thelastomatidae 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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Chicago

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