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tapeworm

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
  • Dutch: brede vislintworm — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Finnish: lapamato — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • German: Fischbandwurm — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • German: Grubenkopf — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Latin: taenia — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Polish: bruzdogłowiec szeroki — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Swedish: bred binnikemask — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Swedish: fiskbinnikemask — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Turkish: balık tenyası — Diphyllobothrium latum
  • Ukrainian: стьожак широкий (stʹožak šyrokyj) — Diphyllobothrium latum