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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries线虫
Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiànchóng
"线虫是一类体形细长、结构简单的寄生虫。"
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A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, having a slender, unsegmented cylindrical body, often parasitic in animals and plants or free-living in soil and water.
"Certain species of nematode can severely damage crop roots if proper soil fumigation is not applied." - 2
Any of the numerous parasitic or free-living roundworms commonly found in diverse aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
"Researchers studied the soil microbiome to evaluate the population density of beneficial nematodes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin Nematodes, coined from the Greek words nēma meaning 'thread' (from the root of nein 'to spin') and eidos meaning 'form' or 'resemblance'. It was established in biological nomenclature in the 19th century to describe the slender, thread-like elongated morphology of roundworms.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nematode" is said worldwide
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nématode
Transliteration: ne-ma-tod
"Le nématode est un ver rond très courant dans le sol."
Nematode
Transliteration: ne-ma-to-de
"Einige Nematoden sind Parasiten bei Pflanzen und Tieren."
nematode
Transliteration: ne-ma-to-de
"Il nematode vive spesso come parassita nelle radici."
nematodo
Transliteration: ne-ma-to-do
"El nematodo puede causar graves pérdidas en la agricultura."
nematódeo
Transliteration: ne-ma-to-de-o
"O nematódeo é um organismo microscópico encontrado no solo."
सूत्रकृमि
Transliteration: sootrakrimi
"सूत्रकृमि मिट्टी में पाए जाने वाले गोलकृमि होते हैं।"
线虫
Transliteration: xiànchóng
"线虫是一类体形细长、结构简单的寄生虫。"
선충
Transliteration: seonchung
"선충은 토양 속에서 흔히 발견되는 벌레입니다."
線虫
Transliteration: senchū
"線虫は土壌中や水中に広く生息する動物です。"
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