pentastomid

pen·ta·sto·mid

P5185040 (pĕn′tə-stō′mĭd, pĕn-tăs′tə-mĭd)n. See tongue worm.

[From New Latin Pentastomida, phylum name, from Pentastomum, name of a former genus in the phylum; see pentastome.]

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Noun

pentastomid - wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammalstongue wormarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitinPentastomida, subphylum Pentastomida - tongue worms

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pentastomid

(pĕn′tə-stō′mĭd, pĕn-tăs′tə-mĭd)n. See tongue worm.

A blood-sucking parasite that infests the nasal cavity of carnivores; human disease is caused by Armillifer armillatus—usual host, snakes—and Linguatula serrata—usual host, sheep and goats; pentastomiasis is global in distribution; linguliasis or Halzoun’s disease is more common in the Middle East and results from eating poorly-cooked meat; the larvae cause pain, itching, sneezing due to transnasal migration, dysphagia, vomiting and lymphadenopathy; a large bolus of worms may cause fatal obstruction

pentastomid

Related to pentastomid: tongue worms

noun

Synonyms for pentastomid

noun wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth

Synonyms

tongue worm

Related Words

arthropod
Pentastomida
subphylum Pentastomida

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