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Webster 1913 Edition
Cestoidea
‖
Ces-toid′e-a
(sĕs-toid′ē̍-ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., gr. Gr.
κεστόσ
girdle + -oid
.] (Zool.)
A class of parasitic worms of the phylum
Platyhelminthes
(formerly 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
Cestoidea
.]
Syn. – class
Cestoidea
, Cestoidea.