cercomer

cercomer
n. [Gr. kerkos, tail; meros, part]
(PLATYHELMINTHES: Cestoda)
A posterior, knob-like attachment on a procercoid or cysticercoid, usually bearing the hooks of the oncosphere.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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