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What is the noun for nematode?

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nematicide
  1. Any pesticide designed to kill nematodes (roundworms).
nematology
  1. (biology) The branch of biology that studies nematode roundworms
  2. Examples:
    1. “Coauthor James E. Lloyd, perhaps the foremost expert on firefly taxonomy in the world, is a professor of entomology and nematology at the University of Florida in Gainesville.”
      “Don Dickson, professor of nematology at the University of Florida, has been working with a new 15-inch para-chisel, which is set at a 45-degree angle.”
      “Worldwide SoyTechnologies LLC of DeWitt has added an on-site nematology specialist who will focus on the soybean cyst nemarode.”
nematode
  1. A small invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The responses of roots of both cultivars to mechanical probing and to exoenzymes, used to mimic nematode chemical secretions, were also examined.”
      “All but one nematode species from this zoogeographically interesting region are briefly described and illustrated.”
      “The pinewood nematode is transmitted from pine to pine by an insect vector, the pine sawyer.”
nematofauna
  1. (biology) The nematodes, or all kinds of nematodes, inhabiting a region.
nematodiasis
nematotoxicity
  1. The quality of being nematotoxic.
nematocide
  1. Alternative form of nematicide
  2. Examples:
    1. “Before the final rotary cultivator pass, fertiliser is applied and at the same time the nematocide and possibly some weedkiller is incorporated.”
      “This year's test field was home to root knot nematodes, so the Murrays injected a nematocide along with solarizing.”
nematologist
  1. One who studies nematology.
  2. Examples:
    1. “His scientific interests centered around the nematodes, a group of animals which he probably knew better than any other nematologist of his time.”
      “As principally the only nematologist in the state with research programs in vegetables, my research objectives are structured so as to directly support extension programs.”
      “A nematologist working on his thesis once tracked a nematode contamination problem to the tap water that he was using to water his plants.”
nemathelminth
  1. Any nematode worm.
nemathelminths
  1. plural of nemathelminth
nematologists
  1. plural of nematologist
nematofaunas
  1. plural of nematofauna
nematicides
  1. plural of nematicide
  2. Examples:
    1. “Injection or incorporation into the soil, as in the case of nematicides, makes the pesticide most readily available for leaching.”
      “The use of chemical nematicides is environmentally undesirable and alternatives to nematicides are being sought.”
      “We want to reduce our budget by reducing use of chemicals, nematicides and fertilizers.”
nematocides
  1. plural of nematocide
nematodes
  1. plural of nematode
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Other beneficials include damsel bugs, ground beetles, hover flies and beneficial nematodes.”
      “From 6 to 26 nucleotide repeats have been identified in the chromosomal ends of Protozoa, fungi, nematodes, plants, and vertebrates.”
      “Hot water treatments are an effective way to control nematodes in dormant cormels of dasheen cultivars used for planting.”
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