Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tongue-shaped worm; a tonguelet.
  • noun The so-called “worm” of the tongue of some animals, as dogs; the lytta.
  • noun A parasitic worm-like arachnid, Pentastomum tænioides, occurring in the viscera of cattle, sheep, and other animals, and in the nostrils and frontal sinuses of dogs and wolves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any species of Linguatulina.

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  • noun zoology Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals

Etymologies

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tongue +‎ worm, from the resemblance of the genus Linguatula to a vertebrate tongue.

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  • Given a choice, I'd prefer an earworm.

    November 3, 2011

  • I'd prefer a tongue, in my earworm.

    November 3, 2011