cestode
a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
belonging or pertaining to the Cestoda.
Origin of cestode
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How to use cestode in a sentence
In Iceland, a cestode causes the death of a third part of the population.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenThere exists a singular cestode which bears the name of Echinococcus.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenWe have never opened one, large or small, lean or fat, which had not its intestines filled with cestode worms.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenThe cestode can scarcely be called a parasite under the first vesicular form.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenAn acaris, the Trichodectes, lives in the hair of young dogs and harbours the scolex of this cestode.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van Beneden
British Dictionary definitions for cestode
/ (ˈsɛstəʊd) /
any parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda, which includes the tapeworms
Origin of cestode
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Scientific definitions for cestode
[ sĕs′tōd′ ]
Any of various parasitic flatworms of the class Cestoda, having a long flat body that usually has a specialized organ of attachment at one end (the scolex). Cestodes may consist of a single segment or be divided into numerous identical rectangular segments. Food is absorbed through the outer covering of the body. Cestodes inhabit the liver and digestive tract of many vertebrate animals and also affect some invertebrates. They can attain a length of over 15 m (49 ft). Also called tapeworm
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