tapeworm
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From tape + worm.
Compound parts: tape
worm
Inflected forms:
form: tapeworms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tapeworms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tapeworming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tapewormed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tapewormed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Infection by tapeworms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: We used to have a lot of tapeworm down in my neck of the woods, but we don't have much now.
gloss: To move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: cestode
Related words: bladderworm
measly
proglottid
scolex
taenia
taeniasis
cysticercosis
Derived words: armed tapeworm
beef tapeworm
dwarf tapeworm
pork tapeworm
rabbit tapeworm
red tapeworm
tapewormy
Translations:
lang: Old Armenian
word: որդն միայնուկ
roman: ordn miaynuk
lang: Asturian
word: tenia
lang: Asturian
word: solitaria
lang: Asturian
word: herpela
lang: Breton
word: lenkernenn-vras
lang: Bulgarian
word: тения
roman: tenija
lang: Catalan
word: tènia
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 絛蟲 /绦虫
roman: tāochóng
lang: Czech
word: tasemnice
lang: Danish
word: bendelorm
lang: Dutch
word: lintworm
lang: Finnish
word: heisimato
lang: French
word: ver solitaire
lang: Galician
word: tenia
lang: German
word: Bandwurm
lang: Greek
word: ταινία
roman: tainía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀσκαρίς
roman: askarís
lang: Hebrew
word: שרשור
roman: sharshur
lang: Hungarian
word: bélféreg
lang: Hungarian
word: giliszta
lang: Hungarian
word: galandféreg
lang: Icelandic
word: bandormur
lang: Ingush
word: богуз
roman: boguz
lang: Irish
word: cailleach ghoile
lang: Irish
word: péist ribíneach
lang: Italian
word: verme solitario
lang: Italian
word: tenia
lang: Italian
word: cenuro
lang: Japanese
word: サナダムシ
roman: sanadamushi
lang: Japanese
word: 真田虫
roman: sanadamushi
lang: Korean
word: 도충
roman: dochung
lang: Korean
word: 촌충
roman: chonchung
lang: Latin
word: taenia
lang: Latvian
word: lentenis
lang: Norman
word: vèr solitaithe
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bendelorm
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bendelorm
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bendelmakk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bendelmark
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Bauntworm
lang: Polish
word: tasiemiec
lang: Portuguese
word: tênia
lang: Portuguese
word: ténia
lang: Portuguese
word: bicha-solitária
lang: Quechua
word: kinwara
lang: Quechua
word: unkaka
lang: Russian
word: ле́нточный червь
roman: léntočnyj červʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bèist-dà-leann
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trakavica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pantljičara
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: trakulja
lang: Slovene
word: trakulja
lang: Spanish
word: tenia
lang: Spanish
word: lombriz solitaria
lang: Spanish
word: cestodo
lang: Spanish
word: céstodo
lang: Swedish
word: bandmask
lang: Swedish
word: binnikemask
lang: Tagalog
word: ulyabid
lang: Tagalog
word: tenya
lang: Tamil
word: நாடாப்புழு
roman: nāṭāppuḻu
lang: Telugu
word: బద్దెపురుగు
roman: baddepurugu
lang: Turkish
word: tenya
lang: Turkish
word: şerit
lang: Turkish
word: abdestbozan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اوبور
roman: obur
lang: Ukrainian
word: стьожко́вий черв
roman: stʹožkóvyj červ
lang: Unami
word: xkukchakàn
lang: Vietnamese
word: sán
lang: Waigali
word: tëćiv
lang: Welsh
word: llyngyren ruban