plerocercoid

[ pleer-oh-sur-koid ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plerocercoid¹

1905–10; < Greek plḗr ( ēs ) full + -o- + Greek kérk ( os ) tail + -oid