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1 cestode -- rank: 1000

cestode definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: ribbonlike flatworms ... in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates [syn: tapeworm, cestode] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: New Latin Cestoda, taxonomic group ... tapeworms, ultimately from Greek kestos girdle Date: circa 1890 tapeworm • cestode adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also cestoid) any flatworm of ... L cestus f. Gk kestos girdle Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cestode Ces"tode (s[e^]s"t[=o]d), a. (Zo ...

2 tapeworm -- rank: 453

... in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates [syn: tapeworm, cestode] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: from its shape Date: 1706 ... flatworms parasitic especially in the intestines of vertebrates — called also cestode Oxford Reference Dictionary n. any flatworm of the class Cestoda ... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

3 T mediocanellata -- rank: 226

... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

4 pork tapeworm -- rank: 226

... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

5 beef tapeworm -- rank: 226

... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

6 Taenia solium -- rank: 226

... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

7 broad tapeworm -- rank: 226

... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

8 Bothriocephalus latus -- rank: 226

... n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera ...

9 Taenioidea -- rank: 226

... de*a, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.) The division of cestode worms which comprises the tapeworms. See Tapeworm.