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Definition of Class cestoda
1. Noun. Tapeworms.
Member holonyms: Helminth, Parasitic Worm, Cestode, Tapeworm, Family Taeniidae, Taeniidae
Group relationships: Phylum Platyhelminthes, Platyhelminthes
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class cestoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by William Michael Late Coplin, David Bevan (1893)
"the class Cestoda, the progeny of the ... class Cestoda, in the muscles, though
between the fibers, of both the striated and non-striated varieties. ..."
2. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"THE CESTODA The class Cestoda or tape-worms are all internal parasites, and in
the adult condition live in the enteric canal of vertebrates. ..."
3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Class CESTODA. Parasitic flatworms with the body differentiated into a head (scolex)
and a chain of similar joints ..."
4. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Intestine absent class cestoda .... page 424. Sometimes the intestine is so
rudimentary or so thoroughly concealed by other organs that its presence is ..."
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