PHYLUM ASCHELMINTHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Aschelminthes mean? 

• PHYLUM ASCHELMINTHES (noun)
  The noun PHYLUM ASCHELMINTHES has 1 sense:

1. unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms

  Familiarity information: PHYLUM ASCHELMINTHES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLUM ASCHELMINTHES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aschelminthes; Nematoda; phylum Aschelminthes; phylum Nematoda

Hypernyms ("phylum Aschelminthes" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "phylum Aschelminthes"):

helminth; parasitic worm (worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes)

Aphasmidia; class Aphasmidia; class Phasmidia; Phasmidia (one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems)

nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)

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

family Oxyuridae; Oxyuridae (pinworms)

Cephalobidae; family Cephalobidae; family Tylenchidae; Tylenchidae (a family of Nematoda)

Ancylostomatidae; family Ancylostomatidae (hookworms)

family Filariidae; Filariidae (threadlike roundworms)

Dracunculidae; family Dracunculidae (greatly elongated roundworm)

Holonyms ("phylum Aschelminthes" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)