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English
Noun
anisakid (plural anisakids)
- (zoology) Any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.
2016 September, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect:The anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809), Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) and Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) occur as third-stage larvae in marine fish products and may infect consumers ingesting raw or under-cooked fish products.
Translations
any member of the Anisakidae