tapeworm

See also: tape-worm

English

Etymology

From tape +‎ worm.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: tāpʹwûrm', IPA(key): /ˈteɪpˌwɝm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: tape‧worm

Noun

tapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)

  1. (countable) 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.
    1. (countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
  2. (uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.
    • 1967, Senator Hill, United States. Congress. Senate, Labor--Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations for 1968: Hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations‎[1], volume 8, page 1819:
      We used to have a lot of tapeworm down in my neck of the woods, but we don't have much now.

Synonyms

  • (any species of class Cestoda): cestode

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Verb

tapeworm (third-person singular simple present tapeworms, present participle tapeworming, simple past and past participle tapewormed)

  1. (intransitive) To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
  2. (transitive) To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.

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