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CESTODA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cestoda mean?
• CESTODA (noun)
The noun CESTODA has 1 sense:
1. tapeworms
Familiarity information: CESTODA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tapeworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cestoda; class Cestoda
Hypernyms ("Cestoda" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Cestoda"):
helminth; parasitic worm (worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes)
cestode; tapeworm (ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates)
family Taeniidae; Taeniidae (a family of Cestoda)
Holonyms ("Cestoda" is a member of...):
phylum Platyhelminthes; Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
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