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cercaria
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cer·car·i·a  (sr-kâr-)
n. pl. cer·car·i·ae (--) or cer·car·i·as
The parasitic larva of a trematode worm, having a tail that disappears in the adult stage.
[New Latin cercria : Greek kerkos, tail + -ria, feminine of Latin -rius, -ary.]
cer·cari·al adj.
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Noun1.cercariacercaria - tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
class Trematoda, Trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes)
larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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Inside the snail, within several weeks, the miracidium transforms into cercariae.
Emerging foodborne trematodiasis by Utzinger, Jurg / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Even the cercariae of schistosomes parasitic to birds and animals will often try to penetrate human skin, causing the conditior.
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The cercariae penetrate under the scales of a susceptible fish, which serves as the second intermediate host; they encyst as metacercaria, mainly in the fish body muscles.
Opisthorchiasis from imported raw fish by Dan, Michael / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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