Cestoda

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cestoda \Ces*tod"a\ (s[e^]s*t[=o]d"[.a]), prop. n. [NL., gr. Gr.
     kesto`s girdle + -oid.] (Zool.)
     A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea. In some
     classifications, it is not differentiated from the parent
     class.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cestoda
       n : tapeworms [syn: {class Cestoda}]