https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematode The word nematode comes from the Modern Latin compound of nemat- "thread" (from Greek nema, genitive nematos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematode The word nematode comes from the Modern Latin compound of nemat- "thread" (from Greek nema, genitive nematos "thread," from stem of nein "to spin"; see needle) + -odes "like, of the nature of" (see -oid). Rock has memory and nematode worms live in Earth's lithosphere.