Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Strongylus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strongyloid \Stron"gy*loid\, a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from
Gr. ? round) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Like, or pertaining to, {Strongylus}, a genus of parasitic
nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals.
Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys,
lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n. A
strongyloid worm.
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