nematode

See also: nématode

English

a soil roundworm

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thread, yarn”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “-like”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛm.ə.təʊd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛm.əˌtoʊd/
• Hyphenation: nem‧a‧tode

Noun

nematode (plural nematodes)

1. (zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 7:

     Nematodes are free-living, soil-dwelling microscopic worms.

Synonyms

• roundworm
• nemathelminth

Derived terms

• golden nematode
• nemat-
• nematicide
• nematodal
• nematodelike
• nematodiasis
• phytonematode
• Steiner's spiral nematode

 

Translations

small invertebrate animal

• Arabic: نِيمَاتُودَا f (nimatodā), دودَة اِسْطِوَانِيَّة f (dūda isṭiwāniyya)
• Catalan: nematode m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線蟲／线虫 (zh) (xiànchóng)

• Czech: hlístice f
• Danish: rundorm (da) c
• Dutch: aaltje (nl) n, rondworm (nl) m
• Esperanto: nematodo
• Finnish: sukkulamato (fi)
• French: nématode (fr) m
• Galician: nematodo (gl) m
• German: Fadenwurm (de) m
• Hungarian: fonálféreg (hu)
• Ido: nematodo (io)
• Italian: nematode m
• Japanese: 線形動物 (senkeidōbutsu)
• Kazakh: жұмыр құрт (jūmyr qūrt)
• Korean: 선형동물 (seonhyeongdongmul)
• Marathi: गोलकृमी (golkŕmī)
• Navajo: táyiʼ naatʼiʼítsʼósí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rundorm (no) m

  Nynorsk: rundorm m, rundmakk mo ku

• Polish: nicień (pl) m, glista (pl) f, askaryda f
• Portuguese: nematódeo m
• Romanian: limbric (ro) m
• Russian: немато́да (ru) f (nematóda), аскари́да (ru) f (askarída)
• Spanish: nematodo (es) m, gusano redondo m
• Swahili: mnyoo
• Swedish: rundmask (sv) c, nematod (sv) c
• Tagalog: uodugat, bilulod
• Ukrainian: немато́да (nematóda)

Anagrams

• metanode

Catalan

Noun

nematode m (plural nematodes)

1. nematode

Further reading

• “nematode” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2024.

Italian

Etymology

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Noun

nematode m (plural nematodi)

1. nematode

Anagrams

• demoneta, emendato, metadone