Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The larval stage of certain tapeworms, resembling a cysticercus but having the scolex completely filling the enclosing cyst.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a cysticercus or other larva of a tapeworm; hydatid.
- noun The hydatid or encysted state of the larva of any tapeworm.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[cysticerc(us) + –oid.]
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