Caenorhabditis elegans

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Caenorhabditis elegans. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Caenorhabditis elegans, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Caenorhabditis elegans in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Caenorhabditis elegans you have here. The definition of the word Caenorhabditis elegans will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofCaenorhabditis elegans, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Translingual

Caenorhabditis elegans

Proper noun

Caenorhabditis elegans f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Rhabditidae – a nematode used as a model organism in biological research.
    • 1997, Riddle, Donald L., et al., “The Biological Model”, in C. elegans II (in English), →ISBN, page xx:
      In 1965, Sydney Brenner settled on Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism to study animal development and behavior for reasons that are now well known (Brenner, 1973, 1988).

References