tapeworm

English

/ˈteɪpˌwɝm/

noun

Definitions

(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
(uncountable) Infection by tapeworms.

Etymology

Compound from English tape (adhesive tape, bind with adhesive tape, videotape) + English worm.

Origin

English

worm

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

angleworm English
antiworm English
armyworm English
arrow worm English
arrowworm English
audiotape English
backworm English
bagworm English
basketworm English
beetworm English
blackworm English
bladderworm English
bollworm English
bookworm English
brainworm English
budworm English
buzzworm English
caddisworm English
cankerworm English
caseworm English
catworm English
cockworm English
coneworm English
copperworm English
cornworm English
covertape English
cryptoworm English
cutworm English
deworm English
dewworm English
dropworm English
duck tape English
earthworm English
earworm English
eelworm English
eigenworm English
eyeworm English
fireworm English
fish tape English
fishworm English
flagworm English
flatworm English
fleshworm English
flukeworm English
fucktape English
gapeworm English
glowworm English
gnatworm English
gourdworm English
groundworm English
grubworm English
hairworm English
heartworm English
holotape English
hookworm English
hornworm English
horseworm English
inchworm English
jointworm English
leafworm English
lungworm English
maltworm English
mealworm English
mealworm beetle English
melonworm English
microtape English
mixtape English
muckworm English
nametape English
nanoworm English
nontape English
palmerworm English
palmworm English
pickleworm English
pileworm English
pillworm English
pinworm English
potworm English
pretape English
ragworm English
rainworm English
redworm English
retape English
ringworm English
rootworm English
roseworm English
roundworm English
rye-worm English
sandworm English
screwtape English
screwworm English
seatworm English
sellotape English
shipworm English
silkworm English
skin worm English
slugworm English
spanworm English
spindleworm English
spoonworm English
strawworm English
superworm English
taintworm English
tape English
tape ball English
tape tree English
tapeable English
tapegrass English
tapeless English
tapelike English
tapeline English
tapescript English
tapesponding English
tapetail English
tapezine English
tapist English
threadworm English
thunderworm English
tongueworm English
tree worm English
tubeworm English
untape English
videotape English
waxworm English
webworm English
wheal-worm English
wheatworm English
whipworm English
whiteworm English
wireworm English
witworm English
woodworm English
worm English
wormable English
wormcast English
wormer English
wormery English
wormfish English
wormfowl English
wormgrass English
wormhole English
wormish English
wormless English
wormlet English
wormlike English
wormling English
wormlion English
wormly English
wormproof English
wormridden English
wormroot English
wormseed English
wormshit English
wormskin English
wormwood English
wormy English
tape Dutch, Flemish
tape Norwegian Bokmål
teip Norwegian Bokmål
teipe Norwegian Bokmål
worm Portuguese
tejp Swedish
テープ Japanese
ワーム Japanese
tape Norwegian Nynorsk
teip Norwegian Nynorsk
tape Middle English
worm Middle English
téip Irish
tape Danish
เทป Thai
tâp Welsh
tepe Swahili
테이프 Korean
ཊེབ་ཐག Tibetan
tef Hausa