Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nematoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ne-ma-toid
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or resembling a nematode.

noun

A member of the Nematoida clade, that is Nematoda or Nematomorpha

Etymology

From nematode + -oid.

Inflected Forms

more nematoid (comparative) most nematoid (superlative) nematoids (plural)

Questions

What does nematoid mean?
Of, relating to, or resembling a nematode.
Where does nematoid come from?
From nematode + -oid.

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