Home › Words › S › strongylestrongylestrongyle means A nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, often parasitic in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, especially horses.EtymologyFrom a translingual taxonomic name derived from the generic name Strongylus, from Ancient Greek στρογγύλος (strongúlos, “round”). Doublet of Estrangelo.nounA nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, often parasitic in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, especially horsesA monoaxon with a rounded endDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.trichostrongyle 69% match — Any nematode of the genus Trichostrongylus. vs strongyle →trichostrongylid 69% match — Any of the family Trichostrongylidae of nematodes. vs strongyle →trichostrongyloid 67% match — Any nematode of the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea vs strongyle →cyathostomin 65% match — A form of small equine strongyle vs strongyle →metastrongyloid 65% match — Any nematode of the superfamily Metastrongyloidea vs strongyle →tylostrongyle 61% match — A strongyle having one end swollen. vs strongyle →acanthostrongyle 61% match — A strongyle (monoaxon) that has many spines vs strongyle →strigeid 57% match — Any trematode of the family Strigeidae vs strongyle →