SUBPHYLUM PENTASTOMIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subphylum Pentastomida mean? 

• SUBPHYLUM PENTASTOMIDA (noun)
  The noun SUBPHYLUM PENTASTOMIDA has 1 sense:

1. tongue worms

  Familiarity information: SUBPHYLUM PENTASTOMIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBPHYLUM PENTASTOMIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tongue worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pentastomida; subphylum Pentastomida

Hypernyms ("subphylum Pentastomida" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "subphylum Pentastomida"):

pentastomid; tongue worm (wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals)

Holonyms ("subphylum Pentastomida" is a member of...):

Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)