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• pentastomid — /pen teuh stoh mid/, n. Zool. See tongue worm. [1905 10; < NL Pentastomida name of the class of tongue worms, equiv. to Pentastom(um) a genus name (penta PENTA + stomum < Gk stomon, neut. of stomos STOMOUS) + ida IDA] * * * ▪ parasite       any… …   Universalium