Defn: An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also Nematelminthea.]
NEMATO-
Nem"a*to-
Defn: . A combining from Gr. nhema, nhematos, a thread.
NEMATOBLAST
Nem"a*to*blast, n. Etym: [Nemato- + -blast.] (Biol.)
Defn: A spermatocyte or spermoblast.
NEMATOCALYX
Nem`a*to*ca"lyx, n.; pl. Nematocalyces, E. -calyxes. Etym: [NL. See
Nemato-, and Calyx.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidæ. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.
NEMATOCERA
Nem`a*toc"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennæ, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; — called also Nemocera.
NEMATOCYST
Nem"a*to*cyst, n. Etym: [Nemato- + cyst.] (Zoöl.)