单词 | tongue worm |
释义 | tongue worm in British Englishnoun veterinary science a parasitic worm, Linguatula serrata, found in the nose of dogs, so called because of the shape of the worm tongue worm in American Englishnoun any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Pentastomida (or subphylum of Arthropoda), having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth: all are parasitic, some in the respiratory tracts of mammals Also called: pentastomid Word origin [1635–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: focus, intaglio, linear, reaction, sympathetic |
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