Pentastomida

Translingual

Etymology

From Pentastoma +‎ -ida, from neuter plural of New Latin pentastomus, from Ancient Greek πεντάστομος (pentástomos, “with five mouths”), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) +‎ στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix), in reference to the four hooks outside of the oral openings that make them appear to have five mouths.

Proper noun

Pentastomida

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Maxillopoda – the tongue worms.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Maxillopoda - class

Hyponyms

• (subclass): Cephalobaenida, Porocephalida - orders

Coordinate terms

• (subclass): Branchiura, Copepoda, Mystacocarida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca

References

• Pentastomida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pentastomida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pentastomida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons