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nemato-
nemato- (ˈnɛmətəʊ) combining form of Gr. νῆµα, νήµατος thread, used in a number of scientific terms, as ˈnematoblast, Biol. a blastema which develops into a spermatozoon. ˌnematoˈcalycine a., pertaining to, of the nature of, a nematocalyx. ˈnematoˈcalyx, Zool. a calyx containing nematocysts, occurri...
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nematicide
nematicide (ˈnɛmət-, nɛˈmætɪsaɪd) [irreg. f. Gr. νῆµα, νήµατ- thread + -cide.] = nematocide s.v. nemato-.1933 [see nematology]. 1952 Nature 8 Mar. 420/2 Work has already been published..on the value of chlorphenol as a nematicide. 1960 Jrnl. R. Horticultural Soc. LXXXV. ii. 54 Trial of various nemat...
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nemacide
nemacide, n. Agric. and Bot. (ˈnɛməsaɪd) [f. nemato- + -cide] = nematocide s.v. nemato-.1933 F. D. Heald Man. Plant Dis. (ed. 2) xxviii. 897 The methods of soil sterilization are: (1) the application of a nemacide or a chemical agent toxic to the nematodes: (2) drenching with boiling water; and (3) ...
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nematophore
nematophore Zool. (ˈnɛmətəfɔə(r)) Also -phor. [f. nemato- + -phore.] A special cup-shaped process of the cœnosarc in certain hydrozoans, having nematocysts at the extremity.1859 Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa (Ray Soc.) 11 These nematophores..are cæcal processes of the cœnosarc. 1861 J. R. Greene Man. Anim...
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nematocyst
nematocyst Zool. (ˈnɛmətəsɪst) [f. nemato- + cyst.] A small cell in the external layer of jelly-fishes and other cœlenterates, containing a thread capable of being ejected and of producing a stinging sensation; a lasso-cell or thread-cell.1875 Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 129/1 The Actinozoa agree wit...
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nematode
nematode, a. and n. (ˈnɛmətəʊd) [See nemato- and -ode1, and cf. nematoid.] A. adj. 1. Of worms: Pertaining to the class Nematoda or Nematoidea, comprising those of a slender cylindrical or thread-like form (chiefly parasitic in animals or plants), such as the common round-worm, maw-worm, Guinea-worm...
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rhombogen
rhombogen (ˈrɒmbəʊdʒən) [ad. F. rhombogène (E. van Beneden 1876, in Bull. de l'Acad. R. de Belgique XLI. 1195); f. Gr. ῥόµβος rhombus + -gen.] In the Dicyemidæ, the form which produces infusoriform embryos. Hence rhomboˈgenic a.1883 [see infusorigen]. 1885 [see nematogenic]. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson...
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