Definition of Family Ascaridae

1. Noun. Large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.

Exact synonyms: Ascaridae
Generic synonyms: Worm Family
Group relationships: Aschelminthes, Nematoda, Phylum Aschelminthes, Phylum Nematoda
Member holonyms: Ascaris, Genus Ascaris, Ascaridia, Genus Ascaridia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Ascaridae

family Araucariaceae
family Arcellidae
family Arcidae
family Arctiidae
family Ardeidae
family Arecaceae
family Argasidae
family Argentinidae
family Argiopidae
family Argonautidae
family Ariidae
family Aristolochiaceae
family Armadillidiidae
family Artamidae
family Ascaphidae
family Ascaridae (current term)
family Asclepiadaceae
family Asilidae
family Asparagaceae
family Aspergillaceae
family Asphodelaceae
family Aspleniaceae
family Astacidae
family Asteraceae
family Atherinidae
family Athiorhodaceae
family Athyriaceae
family Atrichornithidae
family Atropidae
family Aulostomidae

Literary usage of Family Ascaridae

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

1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Family ASCARIDAE Cobbold 1864 . . 58 Male usually has two spicules. Female with abruptly conical posterior end. Type genus Ascaris Linnaeus 1758. ..."

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