Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strongyloid \Stron"gy*loid\, a. [NL. Strongylus the genus (from
   Gr. ? round) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Like, or pertaining to, {Strongylus}, a genus of parasitic
   nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals.
   Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys,
   lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. -- n. A
   strongyloid worm.