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cestode definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates [syn: tapeworm, cestode]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin Cestoda, taxonomic group comprising tapeworms, ultimately from Greek kestos girdle Date: circa 1890 tapeworm • cestode adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also cestoid) any flatworm of the class Cestoda, including tapeworms. Etymology: L cestus f. Gk kestos girdle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cestode Ces"tode (s[e^]s"t[=o]d), a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. -- n. One of the Cestoidea.