ALL meanings of tapeworm
tape·worm
T t - noun tapeworm any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts. 1
- noun tapeworm long intestinal parasite 1
- countable noun tapeworm A tapeworm is a long, flat parasite which lives in the stomach and intestines of animals or people. 0
- noun tapeworm any parasitic ribbon-like flatworm of the class Cestoda, having a body divided into many egg-producing segments and lacking a mouth and gut. The adults inhabit the intestines of vertebrates 0
- noun tapeworm any of various cestode flatworms that live in the adult stage as parasites in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates and in the larval stage usually in various intermediate hosts 0