| 释义 |
pentastomid, n. and a.|pɛntəˈstəʊmɪd|
[f. mod.L. name of class Pentastomida, f. generic name Pentastoma: see prec. and -id3.]
A parasitic worm-like arthropod of the class Pentastomida; = tongue-worm (b) s.v. tongue n. 16. Also as adj., of or pertaining to a parasite of this kind. Cf. linguatulid.
1909A. E. Shipley in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IV. xx. 488 Pentastomids are unpleasant-looking, fluke-like or worm-like animals. 1943Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. LXII. 194 (title) Observations on the pentastomid Kiricephalus coarctatus. 1957Jrnl. Parasitol. XLIII. 195 Several pentastomids were removed from a series of mammals and reptiles. 1964T. C. Cheng Biol. Animal Parasites xx. 549/1 Adult pentastomids are usually parasitic in the respiratory tract and lungs of vertebrates. Ibid. 552/2 When pentastomid eggs are fed to albino rats,..seven immature stages can be identified within the intermediate host. 1978Nature 2 Mar. 93/1 The remaining 23 chapters deal with metazoan parasites (ten on the platyhelminthes,..and a chapter each on the..pentastomids and parasitic crustacea). |