English Explanatory Dictionary

tongueworm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.

Word forms

tongueworm tongueworms

Etymology

From tongue + worm, from the resemblance of the genus Linguatula to a vertebrate tongue.

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