eelworm

English

Etymology

From eel +‎ worm.

Noun

eelworm (plural eelworms)

1. A nematode, or roundworm, especially any that resemble small eels and feed on plants.

Translations

a nematode, or roundworm, especially any that resemble small eels

Catalan: nematode m French: anguillule (fr) f German: Älchen (de) n Italian: anguillula f Korean: 선형동물(線形動物) (seonhyeongdongmul)

Further reading

• “eelworm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “eelworm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Nematode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia