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tapeworm

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Meaning

  1. noun Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle. A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
  2. noun A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
  3. noun Infection by tapeworms.
  4. verb To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
  5. verb To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.

Similar words

cestode pored view metres tape-worm taenia cestoid taeniid cyclophyllid potworm

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Word family

cestode tapeworms

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