It was my first experience with the phenomenon that would later be called mau-mauing the flack catcher.

Coordinate term: Kuiper belt

The worms were sorted into three groups: 1) “scoleces,” constituting all individuals from newly ingested to those with distinct strobilizations; 2) “immature,” including all tapes from early strobilization to those with distinct genital pores ...

The phrase “blood libel” dates back to antiquity.... In more recent times, it has been appropriated by some to mean simply a virulent lie stated about someone.