Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various parasitic nematode worms of the superfamily Strongyloidea, especially several species that infect the gastrointestinal tract of horses and other mammals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spicule of the monaxon biradiate type, with each end rounded off; a strongylate sponge-spicule.
- noun In Vermes, a nematoid or threadworm of the genus Strongylus in a broad sense; a strongylid. There are many species. See
Strongylidæ .
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- noun A
nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, oftenparasitic in thegastrointestinal tract ofmammals , especiallyhorses .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now we are circling Stromboli, from the Greek strongyle for round, a perfect volcanic cone rising from the sea, most famous of the Aeolian Islands.
Latter-Day Odyssey 1999
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Finally, they may become infested with cystic tapeworms or the agamic stage of a strongyle (_Strongylus edentatus_).
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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"Individual horses differ markedly in their susceptibility to strongyle infection, and these differences are manifested in the magnitude of fecal egg counts," said Reinemeyer.
TheHorse.com News 2010
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For these tests, horses 'feces are collected and examined using a quantitative egg counting technique -- the number of strongyle eggs per gram is measured for each horse (see Further Reading at the end of this article for a step-by-step guide).
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"Individual horses differ markedly in their susceptibility to strongyle infection, and these differences are manifested in the magnitude of fecal egg counts," said Reinemeyer.
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For these tests, horses 'feces are collected and examined using a quantitative egg counting technique -- the number of strongyle eggs per gram is measured for each horse (see Further Reading at the end of this article for a step-by-step guide).
TheHorse.com News 2010
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But controlling strongyle infestation is not that clear cut.
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In ideal conditions, a strongyle egg can go through the three larval stages in three days.
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Let's follow one of those strongyle eggs: Once produced by the female adult strongyle in the horse's gut, it has a one-way ticket out of the horse's gut, eventually ending up in a pile of dung with countless thousands of its mates.
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So while a good frost will kill off countless millions of strongyle eggs in a pasture, it is providing the infective third-stage larvae with that most valuable of commodities - time
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