线虫

線蟲
xiànchóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 nematode
  2. 2 roundworm

Examples

HSK 6
Xiànchóng de shēntǐ xìcháng, xiàng yì gēn xiàn.
Nematodes have long, thin bodies, like a piece of thread.
HSK 7-9
Yǒuxiē xiànchóng jìshēng zài réntǐ nèi, bǐrú huíchóng.
Some nematodes live as parasites in the human body, the roundworm for example.

Tips

culture
Biologists know it best through C. elegans, a 模式动物 (model animal) about a millimetre long whose every cell has been mapped. In medicine nematodes are one of the main parasitic worm groups, beside tapeworms, 绦虫, and flukes, 吸虫.

Stroke Order

线 xiàn
虫 chóng