Bladder worm

bladder worm
    n 1: encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
    

Cysticerce \Cys"ti*cerce\ (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cysticercus
\Cys`ti*cer"cus\ (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. ????
   bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zool.)
   The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a
   tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; --
   called also {bladder worm}, {hydatid}, and {measle} (as, pork
   measle).
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   Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living
         animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous
         animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine.
         See {Measles}, 4, {Tapeworm}.
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Bladder \Blad"der\ (bl[a^]d"d[~e]r), n. [OE. bladder, bleddre,
   AS. bl[=ae]dre, bl[=ae]ddre; akin to Icel. bla[eth]ra, SW.
   bl[aum]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the
   bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule;
   all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See
   {Blow} to puff.]
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   1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the
      receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the
      gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary
      bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and
      inflated with air.
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   2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or
      a thin, watery fluid.
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   3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
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   4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with
      bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.
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   {Bladder nut}, or {Bladder tree} (Bot.), a genus of plants
      ({Staphylea}) with bladderlike seed pods.

   {Bladder pod} (Bot.), a genus of low herbs ({Vesicaria}) with
      inflated seed pods.

   {Bladdor senna} (Bot.), a genus of shrubs ({Colutea}), with
      membranaceous, inflated pods.

   {Bladder worm} (Zool.), the larva of any species of tapeworm
      ({T[ae]nia}), found in the flesh or other parts of
      animals. See {Measle}, {Cysticercus}.

   {Bladder wrack} (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the
      seacoast ({Fucus nodosus} and {Fucus vesiculosus}) --
      called also {bladder tangle}. See {Wrack}.
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