bladder worm
noun
the bladderlike, encysted larva of a tapeworm; a cysticercus or hydatid.
Origin of bladder worm
1First recorded in 1855–60
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How to use bladder worm in a sentence
In a feeding experiment with five examples of this bladder worm I reared five strobiles of ten days growth.
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
British Dictionary definitions for bladder worm
bladder worm
noun
an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid and coenurus
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