Tapeworm

Definition: Tapeworm

Tapeworm

Noun

1. Ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.

Date "tapeworm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1854. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream you see a tapeworm, or have one, denotes disagreeable prospects for health or for pleasure. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Medicine	A flatworm that is an endoparasite and belongs to the class Cestoda. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Tapeworm

Synonym: cestode (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Tapeworm

English words defined with "tapeworm": Agastric ♦ bladder worm ♦ Cestoidea, Coenurus, Cysticercus ♦ Gid ♦ hydatid ♦ Kamala ♦ male fern, Measle ♦ Proglottis ♦ Ribborn worm, Rostellum ♦ Scolex, Strobila ♦ Taenioidea, tapeworm infection. (references)

Specialty definitions using "tapeworm": Anticestodal Agents, armed tapeworm ♦ Diphyllobothrium ♦ maw-worm, Mesocestoides ♦ pig tapeworm, pork tapeworm ♦ solium ♦ Taenia solium. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I read about a man who won all new wall-to-wall carpetin' that contained the teeniest unidentified larva that eventually caused him to paste a 26-foot tapeworm from his body. (Filthy Rich; writing credit: Barry E. Blitzer; Linda Bloodworth-Thomason)
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Domain	Title
Books	CRC Handbook of Tapeworm Identification (reference) The incidence of the broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum, in the human population of Finland (reference) The Tapeworm Foundry, Andor, the Dangerous Prevalence of Imagination (reference) The Year of the Tapeworm (Ravan Writers Series) (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Among the rest was a dried tapeworm.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		By swallowing a flea infected with a tapeworm larvae. (references)
		The tapeworm that causes cysticercosis is found worldwide. (references)
		The medication causes the tapeworm to dissolve within the intestines. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Tapeworm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tapeworm" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

Expressions using "tapeworm": armed tapeworm ♦ beef tapeworm ♦ broad tapeworm ♦ pig tapeworm ♦ pork tapeworm ♦ tapeworm infection. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "tapeworm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tenjë (moth, woodworm), shirit (band, bandage, bar, braid, cleat, colors, colours, edging, fillet, ribbon, sash, scarf, strap, stria, stripe, Taenia, tape). (various references)

Arabic		‏دودة شريطية. (various references)

Bulgarian		тения (cestoid, ringworm). (various references)

Chinese		� 类圆虫. (various references)

Czech		tasemnice. (various references)

Danish		Taenia (taenia, tenia), tænia (taenia, tenia), bændelorm (taenia, tenia). (various references)

Dutch		taenia (taenia, tenia), lintworm (Taenia, tenia), Cestoda (taenia, tenia). (various references)

Finnish		teenia (taenia, tenia). (various references)

French		ver solitaire (taenia), ténia (Taenia). (various references)

German		Bandwurm (mouthful, Taenia). (various references)

Greek		ταινία (band, bandage, bandage dressing, banderol, banderole, belt, cordon, fillet, film, movie, ribbon, strap, streak, strip, stripe, Taenia, tape, tenia). (various references)

Hebrew		תולעת טפיל�". (various references)

Hungarian		szalagféreg (cestoid), galandféreg, pántlikaféreg, bélgiliszta. (various references)

Indonesian		gelang-gelang. (various references)

Italian		verme solitario (taenia, tenia), tenia (Taenia, tenia). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		真�"�虫 , 条虫 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さな� むし, じょうちゅう (being stationed, intravenous injection, IV, staying permanently). (various references)

Korean		촌충. (various references)

Manx		martlan ghailley. (various references)

Maya		kaan nak. (various references)

Pig Latin		apewormtay.(various references)

Portuguese		tênia, bicha-solitária. (various references)

Russian		солитер (solitaire, solitaire gem, solitaires). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		parazit (parasite), pantljičara (cestoid). (various references)

Spanish		tenia (Taenia, tenia). (various references)

Swedish		binnikemask. (various references)

Thai		พยาธิตัวตื�". (various references)

Turkish		tenya, şerit (band, braid, cord, fascia, fillet, gut, lace, riband, ribbon, roadway, spline, strap, strip, stripe, tab, tape, traffic lane, welt). (various references)

Ukranian		солітер (solitaire), паразит (caterpillar, dead beat, parasite). (various references)

Vietnamese		sán xơ mít. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Cestoda, Taenia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "tapeworm": tapeworms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Tapeworm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tapeword. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-m-o-p-r-t-w"
	-2 letters: powter, protea, tamper, trompe, womera.
	-3 letters: amort, aport, apter, armet, mater, metro, moper, morae, mower, oater, opera, orate, pareo, pater, pawer, peart, power, prate, proem, ramet, remap, repot, tamer, taper, tawer, tempo, toper, tower, tramp, tromp, trope, twerp, water, wrapt, wrote.
	-4 letters: aero, aper, atom, atop, mare, mart, mate, meat, meow, meta, moat, mope, mora, more, mort, mote, omer, pare, part, pate, pear, peat, perm, pert, poem, poet, pome, pore, port, pram, prao, prat, proa, prom, prow, ramp, rape, rapt, rate, rato, ream, reap, repo, roam, romp, rope, rota, rote, tame, tamp, tape, tare, taro, tarp, team, tear, temp, tepa, term, toea, tome, tope, tora, tore, tram, trap, trop, trow, twae, wame, ware, warm, warp, wart, wear, wept, wert, wore, worm, wort, wrap.
	-5 letters: amp, ape, apt, are, arm, art, ate, awe, ear, eat, era, eta, mae, map, mar, mat, maw, met, mew, moa, mop, mor, mot, mow, oar, oat, ope, opt, ora, ore, ort, owe, pam, par, pat, paw, pea, per, pet, pew, pom, pot, pow, pro, ram, rap, rat, raw, rem, rep, ret, roe, rom, rot, row, tae, tam, tao, tap, tar, taw, tea, tew, toe, tom, top, tor, tow, twa, two, wae, wap, war, wat, wet, woe, wop, wot.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-m-o-p-r-t-w"
	+1 letter: tapeworms.
	+5 letters: wafflestomper.
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