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cestoid, a. and n.|ˈsɛstɔɪd|
Also cestode.
[mod. f. L. cest-us (see cestus1) + -oid. Cf. F. cestoïde, and mod.L. Cestoidea, given to an order of Entozoa by Zeder in 1808.]
A. adj. Ribbon-like: a term applied to certain intestinal worms, as the tape-worm.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 137/1 The ovaries in the most simple of the Cestoid worms..are situated in the centre of each joint. 1864Intell. Observ. No. 33. 196 Cestoid parasites are not common amongst reptiles. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 137 The cestode many-jointed tapeworms.
B. n. A worm of this kind. Also attrib. The mod.L. cestoidea is sometimes used as plural.
1837Penny Cycl. IX. 461/2 The Cestoid order of Entozoa. 1859Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 27/2 All these cestoids are complete animals. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 252 Not being developed except in the cestoid stage. 1876Beneden Anim. Parasites 90 Different Cestoidea, or tape-worms. |