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Meloidogyne
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Translingual
right|thumb|Meloidogyne incognita species penetrating a tomato root
Etymology
From mul μελῳδός grc musical γῠνή grc woman.
mul Possibly borrowed from an Ancient Greek term resembling *μελῳδόγυνη?
Proper noun
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genus family Heteroderidae root-knot nematodes
Hypernyms
genus ; Tylenchida order order; Tylenchina suborder suborder; Tylenchomorpha infraorder infraorder; Heteroderidae family family; Meloidogyninae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Meloidogyne acronea species, Meloidogyne arenaria species, Meloidogyne artiellia species, Meloidogyne brevicauda species, Meloidogyne chitwoodi species, Meloidogyne enterolobii species (= Meloidogyne mayaguensis), Meloidogyne exigua species, Meloidogyne fruglia species, Meloidogyne gajuscus species, Meloidogyne hapla species, Meloidogyne incognita species, Meloidogyne javanica species, Meloidogyne naasi species, Meloidogyne partityla species, Meloidogyne thamesi species selected species
Further reading
Root-knot nematode
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mul Nematodes