Pen`ta·stom'i·da noun plural [ New Latin , from ... (see Penta- ) + ... a mouth.] (Zoology) Same as Linguatulina . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/49
Type: Term Pronunciation: pen′tă-stom′i-dă Definitions: 1. The tongue worms, a group of parasitic wormlike animals considered to form a distinct phylum thought to be descended from primitive arthropods, although modified by parasitism to form elongate, pseudosegmented, wormlike organisms with two to three pairs of budlike dege... Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=66709