tapeworm.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
Infection by tapeworms.
Where this word comes from
From tape + worm.
To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.
Where this word comes from
From tape + worm.
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