- tylenchoid esophagus
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(NEMATODA: Secernentea)An esophagus with a narrow procorpus, a strongly formed median bulb (metacorpus), followed by a narrow typical isthmus and terminating with a glandular basal bulb.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.