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TONGUE WORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals
Synonyms:
pentastomid; tongue worm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tongue worm" is a kind of...):
arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)
Holonyms ("tongue worm" is a member of...):
Pentastomida; subphylum Pentastomida (tongue worms)
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