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cystid

cystid noun: any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.

Noun

cystid (plural cystids)

  1. Any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.
    • He concludes that Echinocystis is an echinid and not a cystid; and that Palæodiscus is an echinid and not an asterid.1897, Henry Hicks, “Reports and Proceedings”, in Geological Magazine, volume 4, page 90

Forms of cystid

pluralcystids

Questions about cystid

What does cystid mean?
Cystid means any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea.
What part of speech is cystid?
Cystid is a noun.
What is the plural of cystid?
The plural of cystid is cystids.

Words near cystid in the dictionary

  1. cysticidal
  2. cysticle
  3. cysticles
  4. cysticule
  5. cysticules
  6. cystid
  7. cystidean
  8. cystideans
  9. cystidia
  10. cystidial
  11. cystidiate

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