Linguatula
Translingual
editEtymology
editFeminine of Latin linguātulus (“somewhat gifted with a tongue”), diminutive of linguātus, from lingua (“tongue”) + -tus (“provided with”).
Proper noun
editLinguatula 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
editDescendants
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