cysticercus

Meaning of cysticercus

noun

a larval tapeworm at a stage in which the scolex is inverted in a sac, typically found encysted in the muscle tissue of the host.

mid 19th century: modern Latin (originally the name of a supposed genus), from Greek kustis ‘bladder’ + kerkos ‘tail’.

Information about cysticercus

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Hyphenation of cysticercus

cys-ticer-cus

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • cysticercus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with cysticercus

Barcus, Marcus, arcus, Lupercus, Mamercus, Platycercus, Ptilocercus, Quercus, centrocercus, cercus, cryptocercus, dysdercus, pseudocercus, ptilocercus, quercus, stercus, strobilocercus, synercus, circus, hircus, Dorcus, Horcus, Orcus, orcus

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