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Cestode

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tapewormnoun(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

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tapewormnoun(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
cestoidnounAny of the parasitic flatworms of the class or infraclass Cestoda.
tape-wormnounAlternative spelling of tapeworm. [(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.]
trematodenoun(zoology) a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda
taeniidnoun(zoology) Any tapeworm in the family Taeniidae.
cyclophyllidnoun(zoology) Any tapeworm in the order Cyclophyllidea.
taenianoun(anatomy) Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue.
cyclocoelidnoun(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Cyclocoelidae.
catenotaeniidnounAny tapeworm of the order Catenotaeniidae
lecanicephalideannounAny tapeworm of the order Lecanicephaloidea
cestidnoun(zoology) Any comb jelly in the family Cestidae.
coenurusnoun(zoology) A complex tapeworm larva growing interstitially in vertebrate tissues and consisting of a large fluid-filled sac from the inner wall of which numerous scolices develop.
cestoideannoun(zoology) One of the Cestoidea.
colosteidnoun(zoology) Any tetrapod in the family Colosteidae.
proteocephalideannounAny tapeworm of the order Proteocephalidea
cryptocelidnoun(zoology) Any flatworm in the family Cryptocelidae.
caecidnoun(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Caecidae.
tonguewormnoun(zoology) Any of the Pentastomida, a group of parasitic invertebrates.
tetraphyllideannounAny tapeworm of the order Tetraphyllidea
caeciliidnoun(zoology) Any of the wormlike amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.

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