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Definition of Cestoda
1. Noun. Tapeworms.
Member holonyms: Helminth, Parasitic Worm, Cestode, Tapeworm, Family Taeniidae, Taeniidae
Group relationships: Phylum Platyhelminthes, Platyhelminthes
Generic synonyms: Class
Medical Definition of Cestoda
1. A subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestoda
Literary usage of Cestoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by K[arl] Claus, F. G. Heathcote, Carl F. Claus (1884)
"This is the only satisfactory mode of regarding the cestoda; especially as the
entire tape-worm, ..."
2. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1880)
"cestoda. On anatomical grounds the affinity of the cestoda to the Trema- toda
has been insisted on by the majority of anatomists. ..."
3. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"The most common parasites found in the intestinal tract belong to the animal
kingdom, and are: cestoda; Nematoda; Acanthocephala; Coccidia. ..."
4. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1895)
"cestoda. The eggs of the Cestodes exhibit a close resemblance to those of the
Trematodes. Like these, they are composed of the egg-cell proper and a number ..."
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