sterelminthousadj.
/stɛrɛlˈmɪnθəs/ Zoology.
Of or pertaining to the Sterelmintha, Owen's name for a division of the Entozoa comprising the endoparasitic worms having a solid body with no visceral cavity.
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a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 268/2 The Sterelminthous Order..have no distinct cavity for their alimentary apparatus.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 138 (note) Neither are the Hirudineae truly ‘parenchymatous’ or ‘sterelminthous’ Vermes in the same sense.
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