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tapeworm
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larv[ae] (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: Three species are common parasites of man: the pork tapeworm ( T[ae]nia solium), the larva of which is found in pork; the beef tapeworm ( T[ae]nia mediocanellata), the larva of which lives in the flesh of young cattle; and the broad tapeworm ( Bothriocephalus latus) which is found chiefly in the inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. See also Echinococcus, Cysticercus, Proglottis, and 2d Measles, 4.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) Any parasite worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle. 2 (context countable English) A (vern: broad fish tapeworm), (taxlink Diphyllobothrium latum species noshow=1). 3 (context uncountable English) infection by tapeworms.
WordNet
n. ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates [syn: cestode]
Wikipedia
Tapeworm is a defunct side project of Nine Inch Nails which existed in various forms from 1995 to roughly 2004. Tapeworm never released any recordings, but was frequently referenced in interviews. The band started as a side-project between Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and live-band members Danny Lohner and Charlie Clouser. Through the years the group expanded and evolved numerous times to include artists such as Maynard James Keenan, Atticus Ross, and Alan Moulder, effectively turning the project into a supergroup. After many years of rumors and expected release dates, Reznor announced the end of the project in 2004.
Tapeworm (stylized as TAPEWOЯM) is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut. The band was established by guitarist Tom Flynn, bassist Brian Beattie, Jason Weinberg (drums) and Wayne Zito (guitar). Despite only being active for one year, their sole 7" release, "Break My Face" has gone on to be influential and a prized collector's item.
Usage examples of "tapeworm".
After I had given the doctor a fee of two Louis for his advice, in writing, on a case of tapeworm, he made me walk with him by the Avanches road, and we went as far as the famous mortuary of Morat.
Sedley had taken her into their house, Tapeworm burst into a peal of laughter which shocked the Major, and asked if they had not better send into the prison and take in one or two of the gentlemen in shaved heads and yellow jackets who swept the streets of Pumpernickel, chained in pairs, to board and lodge, and act as tutor to that little scapegrace Georgy.
Garfinkel mentions a case which has been extensively quoted, of a peasant who voided 238 feet of tapeworms, 12 heads being found.
Nuts are free from trichinae, tapeworm and other parasites, as well as the infections due to specific disease.
Hookworms, tapeworms, pinworms, typhoid, cholera, dysentery, diarrhoea, hepatitis, salmonella and dozens of other diseases have been attributed to the house fly.
After I had given the doctor a fee of two Louis for his advice, in writing, on a case of tapeworm, he made me walk with him by the Avanches road, and we went as far as the famous mortuary of Morat.
Sivaraksa had been in an encouraging mood during the meeting, though Naqi couldn't say whether that was because she'd given a good impression or because Sivaraksa had just had his tapeworm swapped for a nice new one.
It had taken almost all Braithwaite's courage to voice the threat, but he was encouraged by a rancor that was eating him like a tapeworm.
Malaria, amoebic dysentery, trichinosis, tapeworm infestations, and sleeping sickness are examples of parasitic diseases.
One dose is said to be effective in destroying both kinds of tapeworms, the taenia solium and bothriocephalus latus.
Even Albert Schweitzer's reverence for life didn't include the tapeworm, the tsetse fly, the cancer cell.
Evidently the tapeworm had not yet learned to program a video special effects unit.
They can carry murine typhus and several types of tapeworms, so it's a great idea to handle dead rodents with gloves and bury the bodies or put them in a sealed plastic bag.
My intestines are on as intimate terms with their tapeworms as they are with my mouth, my asshole, and my other organs.
Strands of alien DNA unfurl themselves in our brains, just as tapeworms unfurl themselves in our guts.