TONGUE WORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tongue worm mean? 

• TONGUE WORM (noun)
  The noun TONGUE WORM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TONGUE WORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONGUE WORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pentastomid; tongue worm

Hypernyms ("tongue worm" is a kind of...):

arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)

Holonyms ("tongue worm" is a member of...):

Pentastomida; subphylum Pentastomida (tongue worms)