bladder worm

/ˌblædər wərm/
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Other forms: bladder worms

Definitions of bladder worm
  1. noun
    encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
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    type of:
    larva
    the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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