English
An adult tapeworm, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68 : Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
The life cycle of Taenia saginata
Etymology
tape + worm .
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: tape‧worm
Noun
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 .
( countable ) A broad fish tapeworm , Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68 : Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. .
( uncountable ) Infection by tapeworms.
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Synonyms
( any species of class Cestoda ) : cestode
Derived terms
Translations
parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Chinese:
Mandarin: 絛蟲 / 绦虫 (zh) ( tāochóng ) , 绦虫 (zh) ( tāochóng )
Czech: tasemnice (cs) f
Danish: bendelorm c
Dutch: lintworm (nl) m
Finnish: heisimato (fi)
French: ver solitaire (fr) m
Galician: tenia f
German: Bandwurm (de) m
Greek: ταινία (el) f ( tainía )
Hebrew: שרשור (he) m ( sharshur )
Icelandic: bandormur m
Ingush: богуз ( boguz )
Irish: cailleach ghoile f , péist ribíneach f
Italian: verme solitario m , tenia (it) f
Japanese: サナダムシ ( sanadamushi ) , 真田虫 ( さなだむし, sanadamushi )
Latin: taenia f
Latvian: lentenis m
Norman: vèr solitaithe m
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: bendelorm m
Nynorsk: bendelorm m , bendelmakk m , bendelmark m
Polish: tasiemiec (pl) m
Portuguese: tênia f
Quechua: kinwara , unkaka
Russian: ле́нточный червь m ( léntočnyj červʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: bèist-dà-leann f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: trakavica (sh) f , pantljičara (sh) f , trakulja f
Slovene: trakulja (sl) f
Spanish: tenia f , lombriz solitaria f , cestodo m , céstodo m
Swedish: bandmask c , binnikemask c
Tagalog: ulyabid , tenya
Telugu: బద్దెపురుగు (te) ( baddepurugu )
Ukrainian: стьожко́вий черв m ( stʹožkóvyj červ )
Vietnamese: sán (vi)
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