Metastrongylidae

Metastrongylidae
Meta·stron·gyl·i·dae .met-ə-.strän-'jil-ə-.dē n pl a large family of parasitic strongyloid nematode worms including the genera Dictyocaulus, Metastrongylus, and Protostrongylus
meta·stron·gyle -'strän-.jīl, -jəl n
meta·stron·gy·lid -'strän-jə-lid adj or n

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Meta·stron·gyl·i·dae (met″ə-stron-jilґĭ-de) a family of nematodes of the superfamily Strongyloidea, consisting of lungworms; it includes the genus Metastrongylus.

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