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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A family of Nemathelminthes in which sexual maturity is reached in the larval stage, the proboscis-sheath has a single wall, the circular muscle-layer is very simply developed, and the longitudinal muscle-cells are present only in certain places. It includes the genus Neorhynchus.
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