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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