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PENTASTOMIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pentastomida mean?
• PENTASTOMIDA (noun)
The noun PENTASTOMIDA has 1 sense:
1. tongue worms
Familiarity information: PENTASTOMIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tongue worms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Pentastomida; subphylum Pentastomida
Hypernyms ("Pentastomida" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Pentastomida"):
pentastomid; tongue worm (wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals)
Holonyms ("Pentastomida" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)
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