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Cryptocystis trichodectis

Cryp·to·cys·tis tri·cho·dec·tis

(krip'tō-sis'tis trī'kō-dek'tis),

Name formerly applied to the larval form of the dog tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum, named for the cysticercoids found in the dog louse, Trichodectes.

[crypto- + G. kystis, bladder; tricho- + G. dektēs, a beggar]

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