Cercaria

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The parasitic larva of a trematode worm, having a tail that disappears in the adult stage.
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  • n. The parasitic larva of trematodes; its tail disappears when adult.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoöl, the second larval stage of a trematoid worm or fluke, named by O. F. Müller in 1786 as a genus of infusorians.
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  • n. tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    larva   
    Variant
    cercariiae    cercariae   
     
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