Nippostrongylus

noun
Nip·​po·​stron·​gy·​lus | \ ˌnip-ō-ˈsträn-jə-ləs How to pronounce Nippostrongylus (audio) \

Medical Definition of Nippostrongylus

: a genus of strongyloid nematode worms that comprise intestinal parasites of rodents (as N. muris of rats) and are much used in biological research