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See also: tape-worm
English[edit]

An adult tapeworm, Taenia saginata
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) enPR: tāpʹwûrm', IPA(key): /ˈteɪpˌwɝm/
- Hyphenation: tape‧worm
Noun[edit]
tapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)
- (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
- (uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.
- 1967, Senator Hill, United States. Congress. Senate, Labor--Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations for 1968: Hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, volume 8, page 1819:
- We used to have a lot of tapeworm down in my neck of the woods, but we don't have much now.
Synonyms[edit]
- (any species of class Cestoda): cestode
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
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Diphyllobothrium latum
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