Definition of Cestoda. Meaning of Cestoda. Synonyms of Cestoda

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Definition of Cestoda

Cestoda
Cestoidea Ces*toid"e*a (s[e^]s*toid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto`s girdle + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm. [Written also Cestoda.]

Meaning of Cestoda from wikipedia

- Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes). Most of the species—and the best-known—are those in the subclass Eucestoda;...
- non-parasitic animals such as planarians, and three entirely parasitic groups: Cestoda, Trematoda and Monogenea; however, since the turbellarians have since been...
- rhabditophoran flatworms containing the parasitic groups Trematoda, Monogenea and Cestoda. All neodermatans are parasites, in many groups having a free-swimming...
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- tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass is Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on...
- kivikkoalvejuuri refers to the cestoda medicine use it has had (see Culture section), as alve is an old word for cestoda. Numerous cultivars have been...
- referring to parasitic worms, especially the Nematoda (roundworms) and Cestoda (tapeworms). Hence, "helminthology" is the study of parasitic worms. When...
- Tubifex tubifex Destroys gonad Protista Haplosporidia Urosporidium charletti Cestoda Catenotaenia dendritica "Hypercastrator" (a hyperparasite that castrates...
- annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae...
- Trematoda: miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria; Monogenea: oncomiracidium; Cestoda: cysticercus, cysticercoid, oncosphere (or hexacanth), coracidium, plerocercoid...