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ces•tode
(ses′tōd),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- Invertebratesa parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
adj.
- Invertebratesbelonging or pertaining to the Cestoda.
- Neo-Latin Cestoda. See cestus1, -ode1
- 1830–40
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