ASCARIDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascaridia mean? 

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

1. roundworm having a preanal sucker

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCARIDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roundworm having a preanal sucker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascaridia; genus Ascaridia

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

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Meronyms (members of "Ascaridia"):

Ascaridia galli; chicken roundworm (intestinal parasite of domestic fowl)

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

Ascaridae; family Ascaridae (large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates)