cercaria

Definitions


[səːˈkɛːrɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a free-swimming larval stage in which a parasitic fluke passes from an intermediate host (typically a snail) to another intermediate host or to the final vertebrate host


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Origin:
mid 19th century: modern Latin, formed irregularly from Greek kerkos ‘tail’




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