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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NEMATO-

NEMATO- Nem "a *to-

 

Defn:. A combining from Gr. nhema, nhematos, a thread.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nemato-

nemato- (also nemat- before a vowel ) ▶comb. form denoting something threadlike in shape: nematocyst. • relating to Nematoda: nematocide. ORIGIN from Greek nēma, nēmat - ‘thread. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

nemato-

nemato- |nɪˈmatəʊ, ˈnɛmətəʊ |(also nemat- before a vowel ) ▶combining form denoting something thread-like in shape: nematocyst. • relating to Nematoda: nematocide. ORIGIN from Greek nēma, nēmat - ‘thread ’.