NOUN | animal | pentastomid, tongue worm | wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth |
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Meaning | wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals. | |
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Synonym | tongue worm | |
Member of | Pentastomida, subphylum Pentastomida | tongue worms |
Broader | arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
Spanish | pentastomid, pentastómido | |
Catalan | pentastomid |
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