HyperDic: tongue_worm

English > 1 sense of the expression tongue worm:
NOUNanimaltongue worm, pentastomidwormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth
English > tongue worm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals.
Synonympentastomid
Member ofPentastomida, subphylum Pentastomidatongue worms
Broaderarthropodinvertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
Spanishpentastomid, pentastómido
Catalanpentastomid

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