Difference between revisions of "metacercaria"
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|etymology=Greek <i>meta</i>, after; <i>keros</i>, tail | |etymology=Greek <i>meta</i>, after; <i>keros</i>, tail | ||
| − | |definition=([[Platyhelminthes]]: Trematoda) The stage succeeding the cercarial, following loss of tail; it may invade the definitive host (blood flukes) or may become encysted and await passive transfer to that host. | + | |definition=([[Platyhelminthes]]: [[Trematoda]]) The [[stage]] succeeding the cercarial, following loss of tail; it may invade the [[definitive host]] ([[blood]] flukes) or may become encysted and await passive transfer to that host. |
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