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linguatulid, n. and a.|lɪŋˈgwætjʊlɪd|
[f. mod.L. name of former class Linguatulida, f. the generic name Linguatula (G. F. von Froelich 1789, in Naturforscher XXIV. 148), f. L. linguātus ‘having a tongue’, eloquent.]
A parasitic worm-like arthropod of the genus Linguatula, the adult form of which attacks the nasal passages of certain carnivorous mammals, esp. canids; also, a member of the group Pentastomida, including parasitic arthropods, most of which attack snakes; = tongue-worm (b) s.v. tongue n. 16. Also as adj.
1923Nature 17 Mar. 381/2 (title) On the linguatulid arachnid, Raillietiella furcocerca. 1929Patton & Evans Insects, Ticks, Mites I. 666 Porocephalus is the name of a Linguatulid genus. Ibid., It [sc. a parasite] can hardly be acquired by eating the flesh of snakes, the commonest final host of these Linguatulids. 1942Ann. Trop. Med. & Parasitol. XXXVI. 60 (title) Linguatulid infestations of man. 1961C. H. Pope Giant Snakes (1962) 193 Linguatulids, some fifty species of which have been described, are degenerate arachnids closely related to ticks and mites. |