Definition of "cestode" []

• Any of various parasitic flatworms of the class Cestoda, including the tapeworms, having a long flat body equipped with a specialized organ of attachment at one end. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or belonging to the class Cestoda. (adjective)

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• "The echinococcus is a tiny cestode which is the factor in the production of the well-known hydatid cysts which may be found in any part of the body."
• "The latter conclusion is supported by the phylogeography (relationship between genetic identity and geographic distribution) of the '' Paranoplocephala arctica '' species complex, a cestode parasite of '' Dicrostonyx '' spp., indicating that two subclades probably survived the LGM with their host in the Canadian High Arctic [7]."
• "Phenotypic manipulation by the cestode parasite Schistocephalus solidus of its intermediate host, Gasterosteus aculeatus, the threespine stickleback."