English Explanatory Dictionary

tapeworm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
  2. A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
  3. Infection by tapeworms.
verb
  1. To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
  2. To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.

Pronunciation

tāpʹwûrm' /ˈteɪpˌwɝm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-tapeworm.wav

Word forms

tapeworm tapeworms tapeworming tapewormed

Etymology

From tape + worm.

Synonyms

cestode

Related words

bladderworm measly proglottid scolex taenia taeniasis cysticercosis

Derived words

armed tapeworm beef tapeworm dwarf tapeworm pork tapeworm rabbit tapeworm red tapeworm tapewormy

Translations

Old Armenian: որդն միայնուկ Breton: lenkernenn-vras Bulgarian: тения Catalan: tènia Chinese Mandarin: 絛蟲 /绦虫 Czech: tasemnice Danish: bendelorm Dutch: lintworm Finnish: heisimato French: ver solitaire Galician: tenia German: Bandwurm Greek: ταινία Ancient Greek: ἀσκαρίς Hebrew: שרשור Hungarian: bélféreg Hungarian: giliszta Hungarian: galandféreg Icelandic: bandormur Ingush: богуз Irish: cailleach ghoile Irish: péist ribíneach Italian: verme solitario Italian: tenia Italian: cenuro Japanese: サナダムシ Japanese: 真田虫 Korean: 도충 Korean: 촌충 Latin: taenia Latvian: lentenis Norman: vèr solitaithe Norwegian Bokmål: bendelorm Norwegian Nynorsk: bendelorm Norwegian Nynorsk: bendelmakk Norwegian Nynorsk: bendelmark Plautdietsch: Bauntworm Polish: tasiemiec Portuguese: tênia Portuguese: ténia Portuguese: bicha-solitária Quechua: kinwara Quechua: unkaka Russian: ле́нточный червь Scottish Gaelic: bèist-dà-leann Serbo-Croatian: trakavica Serbo-Croatian: pantljičara Serbo-Croatian: trakulja Slovene: trakulja Spanish: tenia Spanish: lombriz solitaria Spanish: cestodo Spanish: céstodo Swedish: bandmask Swedish: binnikemask Tagalog: ulyabid Tagalog: tenya Tamil: நாடாப்புழு Telugu: బద్దెపురుగు
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