a thread-worm, roundworm, pin-worm, etc., 1865, from Modern Latin Nematoda, the class or phylum name.
*nem-
nem. con.
nemato-
nematocyst
Nematoda
nematode
Nembutal
Nemean
nemesis
nemo
neo-
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