Cyclophyllidea

Cy·clo·phyl·lid·ea -fə-'lid-ē-ə n pl an order of the subclass Cestoda that consists of tapeworms with four suckers on the scolex and the vitellaria condensed into a mass adjacent to the ovary and that includes most of the medically and economically important tapeworms of the higher vertebrates

cy·clo·phyl·lid·e·an -ē-ən adj or n

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Cy·clo·phyl·lid·ea (si″klo-fəl-idґe-ə) an order of tapeworms of the subclass Cestoda, class Cestoidea, comprising seven families that are habitually or accidentally parasitic: Taeniidae, Hymenolepididae, Dipylidiidae, Davaineidae, Anoplocephalidae, Linstowiidae, and Mesocestoididae.