anisakid

English

Noun

anisakid (plural anisakids)

1. (zoology) Any nematode in the family Anisakidae; they can cause anisakiasis among humans who eat infected raw fish.
   • 2016 September, Kurt Buchmann, Foojan Mehrdana, “Effects of anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (s.l.), Pseudoterranova decipiens (s.l.) and Contracaecum osculatum (s.l.) on fish and consumer health”, in ScienceDirect‎^[1]:

     The anisakid nematodes Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809), Pseudoterranova decipiens (Krabbe, 1878) and Contracaecum osculatum (Rudolphi, 1802) occur as third-stage larvae in marine fish products and may infect consumers ingesting raw or under-cooked fish products.

Translations

any member of the Anisakidae

• Portuguese: anisaquídeo m