how to pronounce tapeworm

/ˈtɛɪp.wɜːm/

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tapeworm is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tapeworm in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… dna was from a tapeworm meaning a …”

meanings of tapeworm

noun:

A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.
Infection by tapeworms.
(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

tapeworm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tapeworm occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tapeworm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tapeworm can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;