Cestoidea

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin cestus (“girdle, tie, belt”) +‎ -oidea (taxonomic suffix). === Proper noun === Cestoidea Certain flatworms (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Platyhelminthes – Synonym of Cestoda (“ranked as order”). (archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Cestoda. ==== Descendants ==== → English: cestoid ⇒ English: cestoidean === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “Cestoidea”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Cestoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Cestoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia