METACERCARIA


Meaning of METACERCARIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌme-tə-(ˌ)sər-ˈker-ē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1925

: a tailless encysted late larva of a digenetic trematode that is usually the form which is infective for the definitive host

• meta·cer·car·i·al -ē-əl adjective

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