diplogasterid

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diplogasterid (plural diplogasterids)

  1. (zoology) Any nematode of the family Diplogasteridae.
    • 1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:
      The diplogasterid, Cephalobium microbivorum Cobb occurs in the alimentary tract of field crickets and apparently does little harm to its host (Ackert and Wadley, 1921).