ASCARIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascaridae mean? 

• ASCARIDAE (noun)
  The noun ASCARIDAE has 1 sense:

1. large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

  Familiarity information: ASCARIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCARIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascaridae; family Ascaridae

Hypernyms ("Ascaridae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "Ascaridae"):

Ascaris; genus Ascaris (type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth)

Ascaridia; genus Ascaridia (roundworm having a preanal sucker)

Holonyms ("Ascaridae" is a member of...):

Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda (unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms)