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Alaimus

noun
Alai·​mus | \ ə-ˈlī-məs, a-\

Definition of Alaimus

: a nearly cosmopolitan genus of soil nematodes

First Known Use of Alaimus

1880, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Alaimus

New Latin, from a- entry 2 + Greek laimos throat, gullet

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