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(PLATYHELMINTHES: Cestoda)A small hydatid cyst containing 10 to 30 protoscolices; parasites of carnivores.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
brood capsule
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