Word Meanings - NEMATOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

of or pertaining to the Nematoidea. -- n.

NEMATOIDEAN
Nematoid.
NEMATOIDEA
An order of worms, having a long, round, and generally smooth body; the roundworms. they are mostly parasites. Called also Nematodea, and Nematoda. Note: The trichina, stomach worm, and pinworm of man belong to this group. See also Vinegar eel,
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach