The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cestoda \Ces*tod"a\ (s[e^]s*t[=o]d"[.a]), prop. n. [NL., gr. Gr. kesto`s girdle + -oid.] (Zool.) A subclass of parasitic worms of the class Cestoidea. In some classifications, it is not differentiated from the parent class. [PJC]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cestoda n 1: tapeworms [syn: Cestoda, class Cestoda]