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plerocercoid

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ple·ro·cer·coid  (plîr-sûrkoid)
n.
The infective larva of some tapeworms, characterized by its solid elongated body.

[Greek plrs, full, infected; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots + kerkos, tail + -oid.]


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To the contrary, an investigation of mature masu salmon captured in the rivers in Hokkaido showed a plerocercoid infection rate of 20%, although no plerocercoids were found in masu salmon juveniles that stayed in the rivers for 1.
plerocercoid larvae of an unknown cestode species, and the nematode Hysterothylacium aduncum were observed too infrequently (<4% prevalence in all samples) to be considered useful as biological tags (see MacKenzie and Abaunza, 1998).
 
 
 
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