| NOUN | animal | class Cestoda, Cestoda | tapeworms |
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| Meaning | tapeworms. | |
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| Synonym | Cestoda | |
| Member of | Platyhelminthes, phylum Platyhelminthes | flatworms |
| Members | Taeniidae, family Taeniidae | A family of Cestoda |
| helminth, parasitic worm | worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes | |
| tapeworm, cestode | ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates | |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |