Meloidogyne
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μελῳδός (melōidós, “musical”) + Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly borrowed from an Ancient Greek term resembling *μελῳδόγυνη?”)
Proper noun
Meloidogyne f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Heteroderidae – root-knot nematodes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Plectia – subclass; Rhabditica – superorder; Rhabditida – order; Tylenchida – order; Tylenchina – suborder; Tylenchomorpha – infraorder; Heteroderidae – family; Meloidogyninae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Meloidogyne acronea, Meloidogyne arenaria, Meloidogyne artiellia, Meloidogyne brevicauda, Meloidogyne chitwoodi, Meloidogyne enterolobii (= Meloidogyne mayaguensis), Meloidogyne exigua, Meloidogyne fruglia, Meloidogyne gajuscus, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne javanica, Meloidogyne naasi, Meloidogyne partityla, Meloidogyne thamesi – selected species
Further reading
- Root-knot nematode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Meloidogyne on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Meloidogyne on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons