cercaria
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cercaria /səːˈkɛːrɪə/
▶noun (pl. cercariae /-ɪiː/) Zoology a free-swimming larval stage in which a parasitic fluke passes from an intermediate host (typically a snail) to another host.
– origin C19: mod. L., formed irregularly from Gk kerkos ‘tail’.
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