Meanings
nountapeworm (countable and uncountable, plural tapeworms)
plural tapeworms
- countableAny 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.
- countableA broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
- uncountableInfection by tapeworms.
We used to have a lot of tapeworm down in my neck of the woods, but we don't have much now.
1967, Senator Hill, United States. Congress. Senate, Labor--Health, Education, and Welfare appropriations for 1968: Hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, volume 8, page 1819
verbtapeworm (third-person singular simple present tapeworms, present participle tapeworming, simple past and past participle tapewormed)
present singular third person tapeworms · participle present tapeworming · participle past tapewormed · past tapewormed
- intransitiveTo move along in a wriggling manner, like a tapeworm.
- transitiveTo treat (an animal) for tapeworm infection.
Synonyms & antonyms
any species of class Cestoda
Similar
nounribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
Similar
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀσκαρίς
- ἀσκαρίς (askarís)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Bulgarian тения
- тения (tenija)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Catalan tènia
- tèniaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Chinese Mandarin 絛蟲 /绦虫
- 絛蟲 /绦虫 (tāochóng)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Czech tasemnice
- tasemniceparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Danish bendelorm
- bendelormparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Dutch brede vislintworm, lintworm
- brede vislintwormDiphyllobothrium latum
- lintwormparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Finnish lapamato, heisimato
- lapamatoDiphyllobothrium latum
- heisimatoparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
French ver solitaire
- ver solitaireparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
German Fischbandwurm, Grubenkopf
- FischbandwurmDiphyllobothrium latum
- GrubenkopfDiphyllobothrium latum
- Bandwurmparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Greek ταινία
- ταινία (tainía)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Hebrew שרשור
- שרשור (sharshur)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Hungarian bélféreg, giliszta
- bélféregparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- gilisztaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- galandféregparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Icelandic bandormur
- bandormurparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Indonesian cacing pita
- cacing pitaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Irish cailleach ghoile, péist ribíneach
- cailleach ghoileparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- péist ribíneachparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Italian verme solitario, tenia
- verme solitarioparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- teniaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- cenuroparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Japanese サナダムシ, 真田虫
- サナダムシ (sanadamushi)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- 真田虫 (sanadamushi)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Korean 도충, 촌충
- 도충 (dochung)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- 촌충 (chonchung)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Latin taenia, taenia
- taeniaDiphyllobothrium latum
- taeniaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Latvian lentenis
- lentenisparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Norwegian Bokmål bendelorm
- bendelormparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Polish bruzdogłowiec szeroki, tasiemiec
- bruzdogłowiec szerokiDiphyllobothrium latum
- tasiemiecparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Portuguese tênia, ténia
- têniaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- téniaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- bicha-solitáriaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Russian ле́нточный червь
- ле́нточный червь (léntočnyj červʹ)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Scottish Gaelic bèist-dà-leann
- bèist-dà-leannparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Spanish tenia, lombriz solitaria
- teniaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- lombriz solitariaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- cestodoparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- céstodoparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Swedish bred binnikemask, fiskbinnikemask
- bred binnikemaskDiphyllobothrium latum
- fiskbinnikemaskDiphyllobothrium latum
- bandmaskparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- binnikemaskparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Tagalog ulyabid, tenya
- ulyabidparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- tenyaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Tamil நாடாப்புழு
- நாடாப்புழு (nāṭāppuḻu)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Turkish balık tenyası, tenya
- balık tenyasıDiphyllobothrium latum
- tenyaparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- şeritparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
- abdestbozanparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Ukrainian стьожак широкий, стьожко́вий черв
- стьожак широкий (stʹožak šyrokyj)Diphyllobothrium latum
- стьожко́вий черв (stʹožkóvyj červ)parasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Vietnamese sán
- sánparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Welsh llyngyren ruban
- llyngyren rubanparasitical worm of the class Cestoda
Cite this entry
APA
tapeworm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapeworm
MLA
“tapeworm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapeworm. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tapeworm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tapeworm.
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