tapeworm
IPA: tˈeɪpwɝm
noun
- (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
- (countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
- (uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.
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Examples of "tapeworm" in Sentences
- I'll take a look at Tapeworm now.
- Added a types of tapeworm section.
- Creed told the camera it wasn't a tapeworm.
- Tapeworms hang around in the digestive tract.
- It has the appearance of a centipede or tapeworm.
- Anemia may develop in people with the fish tapeworm.
- In this way, it might be similar to having a tapeworm.
- It is ineffective in treatment of tapeworm infestation.
- It is said to be the largest tapeworm that lives in man.
- The most common species of tapeworm in the equine is Anoplocephala perfoliata.
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