noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:tāpʹwûrm'
General-American:/ˈteɪpˌwɝm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Infection by tapeworms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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6
noun
Meaning 6
ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cestode
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flatworm, platyhelminth
Narrower terms: echinococcus, taenia
History
Etymology
From tape + worm.
Across languages
Translations
82 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Old Armenian:
որդն միայնուկ
(ordn miaynuk)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Asturian:
tenia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Asturian:
solitaria
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Asturian:
herpela
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Breton:
lenkernenn-vras
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Bulgarian:
тения
(tenija)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Catalan:
tènia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Chinese Mandarin:
絛蟲 /绦虫
(tāochóng)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Czech:
tasemnice
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Danish:
bendelorm
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Dutch:
lintworm
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Finnish:
heisimato
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
French:
ver solitaire
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Galician:
tenia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
German:
Bandwurm
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Greek:
ταινία
(tainía)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Ancient Greek:
ἀσκαρίς
(askarís)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Hebrew:
שרשור
(sharshur)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Hungarian:
bélféreg
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Hungarian:
giliszta
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Hungarian:
galandféreg
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Icelandic:
bandormur
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Indonesian:
cacing pita
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Ingush:
богуз
(boguz)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Irish:
cailleach ghoile
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Irish:
péist ribíneach
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Italian:
verme solitario
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Italian:
tenia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Italian:
cenuro
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Japanese:
サナダムシ
(sanadamushi)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Japanese:
真田虫
(sanadamushi)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Korean:
도충
(dochung)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Korean:
촌충
(chonchung)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Latin:
taenia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Latvian:
lentenis
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Norman:
vèr solitaithe
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Norwegian Bokmål:
bendelorm
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bendelorm
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bendelmakk
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bendelmark
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Plautdietsch:
Bauntworm
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Polish:
tasiemiec
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Portuguese:
tênia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Portuguese:
ténia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Portuguese:
bicha-solitária
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Quechua:
kinwara
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Quechua:
unkaka
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Russian:
ле́нточный червь
(léntočnyj červʹ)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Scottish Gaelic:
bèist-dà-leann
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Serbo-Croatian:
trakavica
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Serbo-Croatian:
pantljičara
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Serbo-Croatian:
trakulja
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Slovene:
trakulja
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Spanish:
tenia
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Spanish:
lombriz solitaria
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Spanish:
cestodo
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Spanish:
céstodo
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Swedish:
bandmask
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Swedish:
binnikemask
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Tagalog:
ulyabid
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Tagalog:
tenya
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Tamil:
நாடாப்புழு
(nāṭāppuḻu)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Telugu:
బద్దెపురుగు
(baddepurugu)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Turkish:
tenya
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Turkish:
şerit
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Turkish:
abdestbozan
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Ottoman Turkish:
اوبور
(obur)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Ukrainian:
стьожко́вий черв
(stʹožkóvyj červ)
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Unami:
xkukchakàn
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Vietnamese:
sán
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Waigali:
tëćiv
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Welsh:
llyngyren ruban
— parasitical worm of the class Cestoda