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(zoology) Any member of the family Mermithidae of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods..
Mermithids are occasionally found, but spirurids, so common in the above 2 groups, are lacking in the Grylloidea, as are other groups of nematodes.
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Mermithid means (zoology) Any member of the family Mermithidae of nematode worms that are endoparasites in arthropods..
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Mermithids are occasionally found, but spirurids, so common in the above 2 groups, are lacking in the Grylloidea, as are other groups of nematodes.
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