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1. Small, round worms, usually microscopic and colorless, which live free in moist soil, water, or in decaying or living [[organic matter]]. [[Parasitic]] forms puncture plant tissues by means of a stylet and live by sucking the juice of the plant.<br><br>
1. Small, round worms, usually microscopic and colorless, which live free in moist soil, water, or in decaying or living [[organic matter]]. [[Parasitic]] forms puncture plant tissues by means of a stylet and live by sucking the juice of the plant.<br><br>

Revision as of 21:10, 24 April 2007


1. Small, round worms, usually microscopic and colorless, which live free in moist soil, water, or in decaying or living organic matter. Parasitic forms puncture plant tissues by means of a stylet and live by sucking the juice of the plant.

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A nematode inside a tomato root.
Source: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/suburb/story2/microscope.htm