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Nov 30, 2009
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tape•worm



Pronunciation: (tāp'wûrm"), [key]
n.
any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.

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