nematoid, a. and n.
(ˈnɛmətɔɪd)
[Cf. nematode and -oid.]
A. adj. = nematode a.
| 1836–9 Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 134/2 A close affinity to the Nematoid type. 1836–9 T. R. Jones ibid. II. 407/2 Some of the Nematoid worms..propagate by spontaneous division. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. xii. 680 The lowest known term of the Arthrozoic series is a Nematoid worm. 1882 Pall Mall G. 26 July 4/2 The intestines of the many diseased birds..contain nematoid entozoa. |
B. n. = nematode n.
| 1870 Rolleston Forms Anim. Life, The ventral surface of the parasitic Nematoids. 1880 Bastian Brain v. 86. |
Hence nemaˈtoidean. (Craig 1849.)