See also STRONGLE. [ad. mod.L. Strongylus, ad. Gr. στρογγύλος round.] A thread-worm of the genus Strongylus (or the family Strongylidæ, of which this is the type), common as a disease-producing parasite in various animals.

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1847.  Redwood, S. F. Gray’s Suppl. Pharmacop., 187. Strongylus gigas. (Rudol.) The Large Strongyle.

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1879.  Cobbold, Parasites, 377. In the Deangunid and Talybont districts these strongyles proved terribly fatal to mountain ponies.

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1886.  Athenæum, 30 Jan., 171/3. Strongylus axei … also shows affinity with the grouse strongyle and with the stomach worm of lambs.

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  attrib.  1879.  Cobbold, Parasites, 338. Strongyle embryos.

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