tapeworm
- n ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
- Influenza, tertian fever, leprosy were all endemic, along with tapeworm and a mysterious intestinal infestation that made its victim long to eat earth.
- From the talking tapeworm at the beginning to the Eskimo production number at the end, Saddest Music is the most enthralling 1933 musical made in 2003.
- Another tapeworm partial to humans, Diphyllobothrium latum, is acquired by eating uncooked fish.