Tylenchoidea
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Tylenchoidea
[tī·lən′kȯid·ē·ə] (invertebrate zoology)
A superfamily of mainly soil and insect-associated nematodes in the order Tylenchida with a stylet for piercing live cells and sucking the juices.
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