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Anoplocephalidae

noun pl An·op·lo·ce·phal·i·dae \-se-ˈfal-ə-ˌdē\

Medical Definition of ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE

:  a family of taenioid tapeworms with unarmed scolices that live as adults in the intestines of various herbivores and pass their larval stages in some free-living mites
an·op·lo·ceph·a·lid \-ˈsef-ə-ləd\ adjective

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