Cercaria

[sә'kæriә]

(noun.) tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage.

Typist: Ted--From WordNet

(n.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

Checker: Mandy

n. the technical name applied to an embryonic form of many flukes.—adj. Cercā′rian.

Typed by Carla