Definition of "nematode worm" []

• Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "To a leaf-dwelling nematode worm such as Aphelencoides, a single foxglove is an island."
• "Although what he had noticed on this occasion was only the vivifying of a type of nematode worm deposited originally in a dry and motionless state within the “flower” of certain grains, Needham's later memoir (“Observations upon the Generation, Com - position, and Decomposition of Animal and Vegetable"