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Definition of Cestoid
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.
Definition of Cestoid
1. Noun. Any of the parasitic flatworms of the class Cestoda. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea; cestoidean ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cestoid
1. cestode [n -S] - See also: cestode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestoid
Literary usage of Cestoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"The division into segmenta remains imperfect in some cestoid worms. ... The shell
being broken or digested, the young cestoid worm is set free. ..."
2. On Human Entozoa: Comprising the Description of the Different Species of by William Abbotts Smith (1863)
"It is probable that the administration by the mouth of the dilute acids would
fulfil the same indication. CHAPTER V. THE cestoid "W OEMS FOUND IN THE HUMAN ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"This leads us to give an abstract of his notice of a new genus of cestoid Worms,
and of a proposed amended arrangement of them. M. Beneden discovered the ..."
4. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1878)
"A New cestoid Host.—Dr. August Gruber, of Freiburg, relates that on accidentally
crushing a specimen of Cyclops ..."
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