bladder worm

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bladder worm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
  \Cys`ti*cer"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).
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     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.
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  Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
     AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
     bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
     bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
     all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
     Blow to puff.]
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     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.
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     2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
        a thin, watery fluid.
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     3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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     4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
        bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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     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
        (T[ae]nia), 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.
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bladder worm - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bladder worm
      n 1: encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm