family ascaridae

English Thesaurus

1. large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	worm family,
definition	:	a family of worms (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	ascaris, genus ascaris,
definition	:	type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	ascaridia, genus ascaridia,
definition	:	roundworm having a preanal sucker (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	aschelminthes, nematoda, phylum aschelminthes, phylum nematoda,
definition	:	unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms (noun.animal)