cestode
English
Etymology
From New Latin Cestoda, from cestus (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek κεστός (kestós, “of Aphrodite’s charmed girdle”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛs.təʊd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛˌstoʊd/
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Noun
cestode (plural cestodes)
- (zoology) A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.
Related terms
- cestodal, cestocidal / cestodocidal
Translations
any of various parasitic tapeworms in the Cestoda
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References
- “cestode”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cestode”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Anagrams
- codeset
Italian
Noun
cestode m (plural cestodi)
- cestode
Anagrams
- Tedesco, codeste, tedesco