nematodo

nematode, roundworm

Borrowed from French nématode or Italian nematode, from the phylum name translingual Nematoda, from Ancient Greek νηματώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous, in filaments”), from νῆμα (nêma, “thing spun; thread, yarn”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “that which is seen; form, shape”).