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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. tapewormsplay

  Familiarity information: CESTODA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CESTODA (noun)


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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