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sterelminthous, a. Zool.|stɛrɛlˈmɪnθəs|
[f. mod.L. Sterelmintha (irreg. f. Gr. στερ-εός solid + ἑλµινθ-, ἕλµινς intestinal worm) + -ous.]
Of or pertaining to the Sterelmintha, Owen's name for a division of the Entozoa comprising the endoparasitic worms having a solid body with no visceral cavity. So sterelˈminthic a. (in recent Dicts.).
a1843Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 268/2 The Sterelminthous Order..have no distinct cavity for their alimentary apparatus. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 138 note, Neither are the Hirudineae truly ‘parenchymatous’ or ‘sterelminthous’ Vermes in the same sense. |