Advertisement

Advertisement

Aschelminthes

[ ask-hel-min-theez ]

noun

, Zoology.
  1. a major grouping (formerly a phylum) of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms, as the rotifers, nematodes, and gastrotriches, all of which are now classified as separate phyla.


Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aschelminthes1

From New Latin; asc-, helminth, -es 1

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


aschelminthAschheim-Zondek test