a. and sb. 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.]

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  A.  adj. Ribbon-like: a term applied to certain intestinal worms, as the tape-worm.

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1836–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 137/1. The ovaries in the most simple of the Cestoid worms … are situated in the centre of each joint.

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1864.  Intell. Observ., No. 33. 196. Cestoid parasites are not common amongst reptiles.

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1870.  Rolleston, Anim. Life, 137. The cestode many-jointed tape-worms.

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  B.  sb. A worm of this kind. Also attrib. The mod.L. Cestoidea is sometimes used as plural.

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1837.  Penny Cycl., IX. 461/2. The Cestoid order of Entozoa.

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1859.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 27/2. All these cestoids are complete animals.

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1870.  Rolleston, Anim. Life, 252. Not being developed except in the cestoid stage.

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1876.  Beneden’s Anim. Parasites, 90. Four different Cestoidea, or tape-worms.

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