PROCERCOID


Meaning of PROCERCOID in English

/proh serr"koyd/ , n. Zool.

an elongate larval stage of some tapeworms that usually develops in the body of a freshwater copepod. Cf. plerocercoid .

[ 1925-30; PRO- 2 + Gk kérk ( os ) tail + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .