Definitions for strongyle

strongyle stron·gyle

Spelling: [stron-jil]
IPA: /ˈstrɒn dʒɪl/

Strongyle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 518 anagrams from letters in strongyle (eglnorsty).

Definitions for strongyle

noun

  1. any nematode of the family Strongylidae, parasitic as an adult in the intestine of mammals, especially horses.

Origin of strongyle

1840-50; New Latin Strongylus name of type genus Greek strongýlos round, spherical

Examples for strongyle

A species of strongyle (S. striatus) infests the lungs, the male being readily distinguished by its nearly round hood.

A strongyle (Sclerostoma dispar) infests the lungs of the puma.

A second species of strongyle has been mentioned by Diesing, but it is more than doubtful.

As to the nematoids, which were filariform, they neither corresponded in size nor structure with my strongyle embryos.

Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic stage of a strongyle (Strongylus edentatus).

Moreover, he describes a strongyle (Sclerostoma) as infesting the colon, and especially the ccum.

A very small female round worm, probably a strongyle, was described by Rudolphi as Ascaris acutissima.

The residence of Aeolus was at strongyle, now called Strombolo.

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