Cestoda
[ sĕs-tō′də ]
n.
A subclass of parasitic flatworms including the segmented tapeworms that parasitize humans and domestic animals.
Example sentences from the Web for cestoda
On anatomical grounds the affinity of the Cestoda to the Trematoda has been insisted on by the majority of anatomists.
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