tongue worm

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

   Synonymspentastomid

   Broaderarthropod

   Part ofPentastomida

Questions about tongue worm

What does tongue worm mean?

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

What is another word for tongue worm?

Close synonyms include pentastomid. 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.