CLASS CESTODA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Cestoda mean? 

• CLASS CESTODA (noun)
  The noun CLASS CESTODA has 1 sense:

1. tapeworms

  Familiarity information: CLASS CESTODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS CESTODA (noun)

Meaning:

Tapeworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cestoda; class Cestoda

Hypernyms ("class Cestoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Cestoda"):

helminth; parasitic worm (worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes)

cestode; tapeworm (ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates)

family Taeniidae; Taeniidae (a family of Cestoda)

Holonyms ("class Cestoda" is a member of...):

phylum Platyhelminthes; Platyhelminthes (flatworms)