broad tape-worm

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• broad tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Diphyllobothrium — Proglottids of D. latum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• tapeworm — An intestinal parasitic worm, adults of which are found in the intestine of vertebrates; the term is commonly restricted to members of the class Cestoidea. Tapeworms consist of a scolex, variously equipped with spined or sucking structures by… …   Medical dictionary

• beef tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bothriocephalus latus — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pork tapeworm — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Taenia mediocanellata — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Taenia solium — Tapeworm Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tapeworm — Tape worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to T[ae]nia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …   Universalium