pentastomid

Questions about pentastomid

What does pentastomid mean?

pentastomid means "wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals".

How many syllables are in pentastomid?

pentastomid has 4 syllables and divides as pen-ta-sto-mid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pentastomid?

Close synonyms include tongue worm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pentastomid a common word?

pentastomid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.