Found 2 items, similar to Cestoda.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Cestoda
Cestoda
n : tapeworms [syn:
class Cestoda]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cestoda
Cestoda
\Cestoda\ n. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto`s girdle + -oid.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A class of parasitic worms (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 Cestoda, Cestoidea.
[1913 Webster]
Cestoidea
\Ces*toid"e*a\ (s[e^]s*toid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
gr. Gr. kesto`s girdle + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
same as
cestoda; -- an older usage. [Written also
Cestoda.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]