Heterodera

noun

Het·​er·​od·​era

ˌhetəˈrädərə

: a genus (the type of the family Heteroderidae of the superfamily Tylenchoidea) of minute nematode worms many of which attack the roots and underground stems of various cultivated plants (as sugar beets, potatoes, peas) compare golden nematode, root-knot nematode

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from heter- + -dera (from Greek derē neck)

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