Definition of Dracunculidae

1. Noun. Greatly elongated roundworm.

Exact synonyms: Family Dracunculidae
Generic synonyms: Worm Family
Group relationships: Aschelminthes, Nematoda, Phylum Aschelminthes, Phylum Nematoda
Member holonyms: Dracunculus, Genus Dracunculus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dracunculidae

Dr. J
Dr. Johnson
Dr. Seuss
Dr Jekyll
Draba verna
Drabkin's reagent
Dracaena draco
Dracaenaceae
Dracenaceae
Draco
Dracocephalum
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Draconist
Draconists
Dracula
Dracunculidae (current term)
Dracunculus lova
Dracunculus medinensis
Dracunculus oculi
Dracunculus persarum
Dracunculus vulgaris
Dragendorff's test
Dragendorff reagent
Drager respirometer
Dragon
Dragon Li
Dragunov
Draize test
Draize tests
Drake

Literary usage of Dracunculidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diagnosis of Protozoa and Worms Parasitic in Man by Robert William Hegner, William Walter Cort (1921)
"C. Family Dracunculidae Long threadlike nematodes; male very small in proportion to female; anus absent; ovoviviparous; aquatic crustacean intermediate host ..."

2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Family Dracunculidae Leiper 1912. The famous guinea-worm of man known since ancient times belongs in this group. After impregnation the sexual pore ..."

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