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    { Cysticerce , Cysticercus , } n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr.  bladder + κέρκος 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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    ☞ 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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