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Tapeworm vs Gid - What's the difference?

tapeworm | gid |

As nouns the difference between tapeworm and gid

is that tapeworm is any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle while gid is a disease of sheep caused by tapeworm.

As an acronym GID is

gender identity disorder.

tapeworm

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

  • (countable) Any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.
  • (countable) A (broad fish tapeworm), .
  • (uncountable) Infestation by tapeworms.
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    • Synonyms

    * (any species of class Cestoda) cestode

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    gid

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • A disease of sheep caused by tapeworm.

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) gigue. See jig (noun).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A fiddle.
    • (Webster 1913) ----