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tongue worm
tongue wormn. Any of various wormlike, sometimes tongue-shaped, parasitic invertebrates of the phylum Pentastomida, having a mouth surrounded by four hooks used to attach to the respiratory passages of reptiles, birds, and carnivorous mammals. Also called pentastome, pentastomid.tongue worm n (Veterinary Science) vet science a parasitic worm, Linguatula serrata, found in the nose of dogs, so called because of the shape of the worm Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tongue worm - wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammalspentastomidarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitinPentastomida, subphylum Pentastomida - tongue worms |
tongue worm
tongue worm[′təŋ ‚wərm] (invertebrate zoology) acorn worm tongue worm
tongue wormn. Any of various wormlike, sometimes tongue-shaped, parasitic invertebrates of the phylum Pentastomida, having a mouth surrounded by four hooks used to attach to the respiratory passages of reptiles, birds, and carnivorous mammals. Also called pentastome, pentastomid.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 obstructiontongue worm A non-forensic blood-sucking parasite that infests the nasal cavity of carnivorestongue worm
Related to tongue worm: PentastomaSynonyms for tongue wormnoun wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouthSynonymsRelated Words- arthropod
- Pentastomida
- subphylum Pentastomida
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