Cestoda

Translingual Etymology From mul la cestus girdle, boxing glove mul oda. Proper noun The cestode parasites, tapeworms class phylum Platyhelminthes infraclass class Neoophora Hypernyms infraclass ; Neodermata subclass subclass class Hyponyms infraclass Amphilinidea order, Bothriocephalidea order, Caryophyllidea order, Cyclophyllidea, Diphyllidea order, Diphyllobothriidea order, Gyrocotylidea order, Lecanicephalidea order, Litobothriidea order, Proteocephalidea order, Rhinebothriidea order, Spathebothriidea order, Tetrabothriidea order, Tetraphyllidea order, Trypanorhyncha order orders in Ruggiero et al.; Pseudophyllidea order other order class Cestodaria subclass, Eucestoda subclass subclasses Coordinate terms infraclass Monogenea class (ectoparasites of fish), Trematoda (flukes) Derived terms Eucestoda subclass Related terms Cestodaria subclass References 1 mul Flatworms