Caenorhabditis
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Translingual
Etymology
From caeno- + Rhabditis, from Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, fresh”) and ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “a member of”, feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)).
Proper noun
Caenorhabditis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabditidae – many nematodes, some of which are model organisms in genetics.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Rhabditida - order; Rhabditina - suborder; Rhabditomorpha - infraorder; Rhabditidae - family; Peloderinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Caenorhabditis elegans - species used as model organism of nematodes
References
Caenorhabditis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Caenorhabditis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Caenorhabditis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Caenorhabditis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Caenorhabditis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Caenorhabditis at World Register of Marine Species
