the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [adjective] > relating to class Nematoda > of or relating to members of (3)
= nematode, adj. Cf. nematoid, adj.
Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of nematode worms.
Of, relating to, or designating nematodes, esp. those parasitic on plants.