procercoid

[ proh-sur-koid ]

nounZoology.
  1. an elongate larval stage of some tapeworms that usually develops in the body of a freshwater copepod.

Origin of procercoid

1
1925–30; pro-2 + Greek kérk(os) tail + -oid

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