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Cestoda — n. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto s girdle + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cestoda — This article describes the flatworm. For the medical condition, see Tapeworm infection. Tapeworm redirects here. For the band, see Tapeworm (band). For the early name for a computer worm , see Computer worm. Cestoda Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Cestoda — noun tapeworms • Syn: ↑class Cestoda • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Platyhelminthes, ↑phylum Platyhelminthes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cestoda — A subclass of tapeworms (class Cestoidea), containing the typical members of this group, including the segmented tapeworms that parasitize humans and domestic animals. SYN: Eucestoda. [G. kestos, girdle] * * * Ces·to·da ses tōd ə n pl a class of… … Medical dictionary
Cestoidea — Cestoda Cestoda n. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto s girdle + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… … Universalium
Diphyllobothrium — Proglottids of D. latum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Cestodaria — Adults of Gigantolina elongata in body cavity of freshwater turtle. Scientific classification … Wikipedia
tapeworm — /tayp werrm /, n. any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different… … Universalium
Cestodaria — A subclass of the class Cestoidea, containing tapeworms that lack a scolex and are unsegmented (monozoic), in contrast to the typical tapeworms in the subclass Cestoda; larvae of c. (called lycophora) characteristically have 10 hooklets rather… … Medical dictionary
