different between tapeworm vs coenurus

English

Etymology

tape +? worm.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: t?p?wûrm', IPA^(key): /?te?p?w?m/
• Hyphenation: tape?worm

Noun

tapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)

1. (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest 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.

Synonyms

• (any species of class Cestoda): cestode

Derived terms

• armed tapeworm
• beef tapeworm
• dwarf tapeworm
• pork tapeworm
• rabbit tapeworm
• red tapeworm

Translations

See also

• bladderworm
• measly
• proglottid
• scolex
• taenia
• taeniasis
• cysticercosis

Further reading

• tapeworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mop water, mopwater, pomwater

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (koinós, “common”) +? ???? (ourá, “tail”) +? -?? (-os, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??n(j)??.?s/, /si??n(j)??.?s/

Noun

coenurus (plural coenuri)

1. (zoology) A complex tapeworm larva growing interstitially in vertebrate tissues and consisting of a large fluid-filled sac from the inner wall of which numerous scolices develop.

Derived terms

References

• “coenurus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• cernuous