Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In general, of or pertaining to the Cestoidea; being or resembling a tapeworm; tæniate.
- More particularly, applied to the adult in distinction from the cystic state of a tænia, not cysticercoid nor hydatid, as a tapeworm.
- Also
cestoideous . - noun One of the Cestoidea. Also called
cestoidean .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the parasitic
flatworms of the classCestoda . - adjective Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea;
cestoidean
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