Ditylenchus

noun

Dit·​y·​len·​chus

ˌditᵊlˈeŋkəs

: a genus of small slender nematode worms (family Tylenchidae) including serious plant parasites (as the potato rot nematode and the bulb eelworm) as well as a number of harmless soil forms and commensals

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek ditylos having two humps (from di- + tylos callus, lump, penis) + enchos spear, lance

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