Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the genus Pentastoma.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Pentastomum, name of former genus in which tongue worms were classified : penta– + -stomum, neuter of -stomus, mouthed (since the four claw-bearing structures at the tongue worm's head end were originally misinterpreted as additional mouths) (from Greek stoma, mouth).]
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