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FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ancylostomatidae mean? 

FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE has 1 sense:

1. hookwormsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hookworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae

Hypernyms ("family Ancylostomatidae" is a kind of...):

worm family (a family of worms)

Meronyms (members of "family Ancylostomatidae"):

hookworm (parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts)

Holonyms ("family Ancylostomatidae" is a member of...):

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


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