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• (n.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
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(from the article `schistosomiasis`) ...or urine. On contact with freshwater, the eggs hatch, releasing ciliated larvae that swim about until they find an appropriate snail host, in ... Another trematode, Cercaria mirabilis, is notable for its unusually large larvae form, called a cercaria. The size of this cercaria and its hopping ... ...
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The free-swimming trematode larva that emerges from its host snail; it may penetrate the skin of a final host (as in Schistosoma of man), encyst on vegetation (as in Fasciola), in or on fish (as in Clonorchis), or penetrate and encyst in various arthropod hosts. Body and tail are greatly varied in form, and specialised function is adapted to the pa...
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(sәr-kar´e-ә) pl. cerca´riae the final, free-swimming larval stage of a parasitic fluke.
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Cer·ca'ri·a noun ;
plural Cercarle [ New Latin , from Greek ... tail.]
(Zoology) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ser-kā′rē-ă, -rē-ē Definitions: 1. The free-swimming trematode larva that emerges from its host snail; it may penetrate the skin of a final host (as in Schistosoma of humans), encyst on vegetation (as in Fasciola), in or on fish (as in Clonorchis), or penetrate and encyst in various arthropod...
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Tadpolelike larval form of flukes that arises from the redia stage.
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[
n] - tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm
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noun tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
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the disk-shaped larva of flukes of the class Trematoda, having a taillike appendage.
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