Mesocestoides
noun
Me·so·ces·toi·des
-ˌses-ˈtȯi-(ˌ)dēz
: a genus (the type of the family Mesocestoididae) of atypical unarmed cyclophyllidean tapeworms having the adults parasitic in mammals and birds and a slender threadlike contractile larva free in cavities or encysted in tissues of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles
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