| pseudophyllid | Common name for members of the order Pseudophyllidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pseudophyllidea | An order of tapeworms with an aquatic life cycle, passing through coracidium, procercoid, and plerocercoid stages before developing into adults in fish, marine mammals, or fish-eating mammals; includes the broad fish tapeworm of humans, Diphyllobothrium latum. Origin: pseudo-+ G. Phyllon, leaf (05 Mar 2000) |