Pentastomum

noun

Pen·​tas·​to·​mum

pen‧ˈtastəməm

: a genus of tongue worms that are chiefly parasitic in carnivorous mammals

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from neuter of pentastomus having five stomata, from penta- + -stomus -stomous

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