Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nematode
1 sense of nematode
Sense 1
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm -- (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
=> worm -- (any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae)