PENTASTOMID


Meaning of PENTASTOMID in English

/pen'teuh stoh"mid/ , n. Zool.

See tongue worm .

[ 1905-10; Pentastomida name of the class of tongue worms, equiv. to Pentastom ( um ) a genus name ( penta- PENTA- + -stomum -stomon, neut. of -stomos -STOMOUS) + -ida -IDA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .