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Linguatula
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Translingual
Etymology
Feminine of mul la linguātulus somewhat gifted with a tongue, diminutive of la linguātus, from la lingua -tus tongue provided with 1.
Proper noun
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genus family Linguatulidae family tongue worms that includes a cosmopolitan parasite (Linguatula serrata species) of the nasal and respiratory passages of various canines, sheep and goats, the horse, and occasionally humans
Hypernyms
genus ; Pentastomida subclass - subclass; Porocephalida order - order; Linguatulidae family - family
Hyponyms
genus Linguatula serrata species, Linguatula arctica species, Linguatula multiannulata species, Linguatula recurvata species - species
Derived terms
Neolinguatula genus
Descendants
en linguatulosis linguatuliasis 1
References
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