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pentasome

pentasome is the misspelling of pentastome.

Meaning of pentastome

Noun

pentastome (plural pentastomes)

  1. Any tongue worm of the subclass Pentastomida
    • Here, we measured CO 2 production (a surrogate for metabolism) in Mediterranean geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus) infected with a lung parasite, the pentastome Raillietiella indica, under two physiological conditions: rested and recently active.2015 December 15, “Physiological Status Drives Metabolic Rate in Mediterranean Geckos Infected with Pentastomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about pentasome

What is pentasome the misspelling of?
Pentasome is the misspelling of pentastome.

Words near pentasome in the dictionary

  1. pentasiloxane
  2. pentasiloxanes
  3. pentasils
  4. pentasilver
  5. pentasodium
  6. pentasome
  7. pentasomic
  8. pentasomy
  9. pentaspan
  10. pentaspanin
  11. pentaspermous

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