cestoda

Noun
Synonyms: class Cestoda

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Noun (1)

  1. a class of parasitic flatworms (Cestoda)Synonyms: class CestodaType of classMember of Platyhelminthes, phylum PlatyhelminthesMembers tapeworm, Taeniidae, helminth
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ces·tod′a (sĕs-tōd′ȧ), prop. n.

Origin: NL., gr. Gr. κεστός girdle + -oid.

Zoology A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea. In some classifications, it is not differentiated from the parent class.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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