Linguatula
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Feminine of Latin linguātulus (“somewhat gifted with a tongue”), diminutive of linguātus, from lingua (“tongue”) + -tus (“provided with”).
Proper noun edit
Linguatula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Linguatulidae – tongue worms that includes a cosmopolitan parasite (Linguatula serrata) of the nasal and respiratory passages of various canines, sheep and goats, the horse, and occasionally humans.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class; Pentastomida - subclass; Porocephalida - order; Linguatulidae - family[1]
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Linguatula serrata, Linguatula arctica, Linguatula multiannulata, Linguatula recurvata - species
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ English: linguatulosis
References edit
Linguatula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Linguatulidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Linguatula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Linguatula at World Register of Marine Species
- Linguatula at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- ^ Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248