Difference between revisions of "cercaria"

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|lexical category=noun; plural <b>cercariae</b>
 
|lexical category=noun; plural <b>cercariae</b>
 
|etymology=Greek <i>kerkos</i>, tail
 
|etymology=Greek <i>kerkos</i>, tail
|definition=([[Platyhelminthes]]: Trematoda) The free-swimming larval form of a digenetic trematode; produced by asexual reproduction within a sporocyst or redia.
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|definition=([[Platyhelminthes]]: [[Trematoda]]) The [[free-swimming]] [[larval]] form of a [[digenetic]] trematode; [[produced]] by [[asexual reproduction]] within a [[sporocyst]] or [[redia]].
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Revision as of 23:39, 13 September 2013

cercaria (noun; plural cercariae; Greek kerkos, tail): (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) The free-swimming larval form of a digenetic trematode; produced by asexual reproduction within a sporocyst or redia.