Definitions for nematodes

nematodes nem·a·tode

Spelling: [nem-uh-tohd]
IPA: /ˈnɛm əˌtoʊd/

Nematodes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 629 anagrams from letters in nematodes (adeemnost).

Definitions for nematodes

noun

  1. any unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda, having an elongated, cylindrical body; a roundworm.

adjective

  1. pertaining to the Nematoda.

Origin of nematodes

First recorded in 1860-65; nemat- + -ode1

Examples for nematodes

Gordius, gor′di-us, n. a genus typical of Gordiid, a family of nematode worms with a hair-like body.

On a new species of nematode, Gongylonema orientale, found in Formosa.

The Clematis root disease is the depredation of a nematode or eel-worm.

A few of the nematode species are free, living under stones and among seaweeds at about low-water mark.

Heterodera Schachtii is the name given to a nematode which Mons.

Bastian, in short, was quite a martyr in the cause of nematode anatomy.

I have also two species of nematode from Macropus giganteus.

Of the nematode worms there are many species of comparatively long, slender proportions, which constitute the family of Filarid.

A recharacterization of the nematode genus Blatticola Schwenk, 1926.

The Trichina is a nematode worm, and not an insect, as it was at first called.

Word Value for nematodes
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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