Cestoidea

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cestus (“girdle, tie, belt”) +‎ -oidea (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun[edit]

Cestoidea

Certain flatworms
1. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Platyhelminthes – Synonym of Cestoda (“ranked as order”).
2. (archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Cestoda.

Descendants[edit]

→ English: cestoid
⇒ English: cestoidean

References[edit]

“Cestoidea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Cestoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cestoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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