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- noun Plural form of
nematomorph .
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Examples
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When a large number of adult nematomorphs are crowded into a small area, they wind themselves together into a giant mass resembling a Gordian knot.
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Actually, nematomorphs (gordian worms) are a separate phylum closely related to nematodes.
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While they may look like nematodes, nematomorphs have a much simpler reproductive system, are free-living throughout their adult life, and have larvae that look like little priapulid worms.
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