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Oxy·uri·dae

n pl :  a family of nematode worms that have a distinct posterior enlargement of the pharynx and no preanal suckers in the male and that are chiefly parasites of the vertebrate intestinal tract - see PINWORM  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  oxy·urid 

 
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