Plural of tapeworm

regular plural

The plural of tapeworm is tapeworms.

Forms of tapeworm

The way you keep eating raw meat, you're just begging to get tapeworms.From the entry beg
In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.From the entry deuterozooid
To study the genetic relationships among diphyllobothroid tapeworms, other members of the Diphyllobothriidae are considered, with T. solium as the outgroup.2012, Dongyou Liu, Molecular Detection of Human Parasitic Pathogens, page 293. From the entry outgroup
Infection of humans by plerocercoid larvae of various diphyllobothroid tapeworms belonging to the genus Spirometra is known as sparganosis.1999, Edward K. Markell, David T. John, Wojciech A. Krotoski, Markell and Voge's Medical Parasitology, page 238. From the entry diphyllobothroid
However, piwi and tudor-domain containing genes are absent from flukes and tapeworms and no true vasa orthologue has been identified in schistosomes.2015 August 25, David Roquis et al., “The Epigenome of Schistosoma mansoni Provides Insight about How Cercariae Poise Transcription until…. From the entry piwi

noun Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
noun A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
noun Infection by tapeworms.

What is the plural of tapeworm?: The plural of tapeworm is tapeworms.
Is tapeworm countable?: Tapeworm is a countable and uncountable noun.

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