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(PLATYHELMINTHES: Cestoda)A third-stage larva of Pseudophyllidea and Proteocephalidea with a solid body.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
plerocercoid stage
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plerocercoid — A stage in the development of a tapeworm following the procercoid stage, which develops in an animal serving as the second or subsequent intermediate host; a wormlike nonsegmented larva with an invaginated scolex at one end, usually unencysted in … Medical dictionary
plerocercoid — /plear oh serr koyd/, n. Zool. the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult. Cf. procercoid. [1905 10; < Gk plér(es) full + O + Gk kérk(os) tail + OID] * * * … Universalium
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