nematode
IPA: nˈɛmʌtoʊd
noun
- (zoology) A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.
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Examples of "nematode" in Sentences
- Chromatin diminution in nematodes.
- Filarioidea is a superfamily of nematode.
- The sperm of a nematode lacks a flagellum.
- The management of this nematode is difficult.
- The head of a nematode is relatively distinctive.
- These papillae are the sensory organs of the nematode.
- The sting nematode is a migratory ectoparasite of roots.
- The juvenile nematodes will then ingest the parent nematode.
- The ants forage on bird droppings and are infected by the nematodes.
- Ascaridole has been used as an anthelmintic for controlling nematodes.
- - which can become as large as 200 normal plant cells - is called the nematode feeding site.
- Borgonie was relieved that his physically punishing and time-consuming nematode bet had paid off.
- Each kind of nematode will have a different effect on a horse's health, with much depending upon the level of infection.
- This nematode, which is made up of just a thousand or so cells, does not produce cholesterol and is therefore an ideal test subject.
- In the last 10 years scientists have realized that it is actually the bacteria, not the nematode, that is responsible for most of the symptoms produced by these illnesses.
- Jaenike studied a species of fly, Drosophila neotestacea, which is rendered sterile by a parasitic worm called a nematode, one of the most abundant, diverse, and destructive parasites of plants and animals in the world.
- The scientists have uncovered novel quantitative organizational principles that underlie the network organizations of the human brain, high performance computer circuits, and the nervous system of the worm, known as nematode C. elegans.
- The team of scientists from the U.S., the U.K., and Germany has uncovered novel quantitative organizational principles that underlie the network organizations of the human brain, high performance computer circuits, and the nervous system of the worm, known as nematode C. elegans.
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