Found 3 hits - Term: bladder worm, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cysticerce \cys"ticerce\ s?s"t?-s?rs, cysticercus
\cys`ticer"cus\ -s?r"k?s, n. nl. cysticercus, fr. gr. ????
bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. f. cysticerque. zool.
the larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle as, pork
measle.
1913 webster
note: these larvae live in the tissues of various living
animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
see measles, 4, tapeworm.
1913 webster
see also:
bladder worm hydatid measle measles tapeworm
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bladder \blad"der\ bla^d"d~er, n. oe. bladder, bleddre,
as. bl=aedre, bl=aeddre; akin to icel. blaethra, sw.
blaumddra, dan. blaere, d. blaar, ohg. bl=atara the
bladder in the body of animals, g. blatter blister, bustule;
all fr. the same root as as. bl=awan, e. blow, to puff. see
blow to puff.
1913 webster
1. anat. a bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
inflated with air.
1913 webster
2. any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
a thin, watery fluid.
1913 webster
3. bot. a distended, membranaceous pericarp.
1913 webster
4. anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "to swim with
bladders of philosophy." --rochester.
1913 webster
bladder nut, or bladder tree bot., a genus of plants
staphylea with bladderlike seed pods.
bladder pod bot., a genus of low herbs vesicaria with
inflated seed pods.
bladdor senna bot., a genus of shrubs colutea, with
membranaceous, inflated pods.
bladder worm zool., the larva of any species of tapeworm
taenia, found in the flesh or other parts of
animals. see measle, cysticercus.
bladder wrack bot., the common black rock weed of the
seacoast fucus nodosus and fucus vesiculosus --
called also bladder tangle. see wrack.
1913 webster
see also:
blow bladder nut bladder tree staphylea bladder pod vesicaria
bladdor senna colutea bladder worm taenia measle
cysticercus bladder wrack fucus nodosus fucus vesiculosus bladder tangle
wrack
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bladder worm
n : encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
Results 1 - 7 of 7 found about bladder worm: Bladder
>> B Words
Bladder, definition of term: Bladder
bladder_pag1.html Bladder Wrack
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Bladder Wrack, definition of term: Bladder Wrack
bladder+wrack_pag1.html Meal Worm
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Meal Worm, definition of term: Meal Worm
meal+worm_pag1.html Internet Worm
>> I Words
Internet Worm, definition of term: Internet Worm
internet+worm_pag1.html Gall Bladder
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Gall Bladder, definition of term: Gall Bladder
gall+bladder_pag1.html Air Bladder
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Air Bladder, definition of term: Air Bladder
air+bladder_pag1.html Guinea Worm
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Guinea Worm, definition of term: Guinea Worm
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