nematomorphs

nematomorphs
n.; n. pl. [Gr. nema, thread; morphos, form]
A phylum of worm-like animals that are free-living as adults and parasitic in arthropods as juveniles; horsehair worms; gordian worms.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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