WHEAT EELWORM
Dictionary entry overview: What does wheat eelworm mean? • WHEAT EELWORM (noun)
The noun WHEAT EELWORM has 1 sense:
1. small roundworm parasitic on wheat
Familiarity information: WHEAT EELWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHEAT EELWORM (noun)
Meaning:
Small roundworm parasitic on wheat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Tylenchus tritici; wheat eel; wheat eelworm; wheatworm
Hypernyms ("wheat eelworm" is a kind of...):
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Holonyms ("wheat eelworm" is a member of...):
genus Tylenchus; Tylenchus (type genus of the family Tylenchidae)
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