procercoid

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procercoid (noun; Greek pro, before; kerkos, tail; eidos, like): (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) The metacestode developing from the oncosphere, containing a body proper and caudal vestige of the oncosphere, the cercomere

See also: neotenic procercoid.