Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as Cestoidea.
Wiktionary
- n. A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes — the cestode parasites.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea. In some classifications, it is not differentiated from the parent class.
WordNet 3.0
- n. tapeworms.
Examples
“Phylogeography of the circumpolar '' Paranoplocephala arctica '' species complex (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) parasitizing collared lemmings ( '' Dicrostonyx '' spp.).”
Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels
“Molecular and morphological evidence for multiple species within Paranoplocephala omphalodes (Hermann, 1783) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Microtus-voles (Arvicolinae).”
“Echinococcus granulosus Cestoda: Taeniidae infections and moose-wolf population dynamics in southwestern Quebec.”
“The relationship between infectivity of Schistocephalus solidus Cestoda and anti-predator behavior of its intermediate host, the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.”
“We examine platyhelminth genomes and transcriptomes and find that all platyhelminth parasites (from classes Cestoda and Trematoda) conform to a biochemical scenario involving, exclusively, a selenium-dependent linked thioredoxin-glutathione system having TGR as a central redox hub.”
“Class Cestoda (paracitic flatworms), commonly known as the tapeworms consists of long (6m or 20 ft.), soft-bodied, legless invertebrates with bilateral symmetry.”
“Class Cestoda (paracitic flatworms), commonly known as the tapeworms consists of long (6m or”
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