🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

फीताकृमि

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pheetakrimi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tapeworm/ˈteɪp.wɜːm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"फीताकृमि आंतों का एक परजीवी है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A parasitic flatworm that lives in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates, having a ribbonlike body with many segments.

    "Ingestion of undercooked meat can lead to a tapeworm infection."
  2. 2

    A metaphor for something or someone that consumes resources insatiably.

    "The failing project became a financial tapeworm draining the company's reserves."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English tæppa (meaning tape or strip) and wyrm (meaning worm or serpent). The term emerged in Middle English to describe parasitic flatworms resembling a long ribbon or strip.

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