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cestoda
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cestoda has 1 sense
- cestoda(n = noun.animal) class cestoda - tapeworms; Array is a member of phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes
is a kind of class
CIDE DICTIONARY
cestoda, prop. n. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto`s girdle + -oid.].
A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea . In some classifications, it is not differentiated from the parent class. [PJC]
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