cercaria
Americannoun
plural
cercariaenoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of cercaria
1830–40; < New Latin, equivalent to cerc- (< Greek kérkos tail) + -āria -aria
Example Sentences
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The daughter redia or cercaria, as they are now termed, leave the body of the snail and finally become encysted on the stems of grass, cresses and weeds.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The period of development varies from ten to twenty weeks; each sporocyst may give rise to from five to eight redia and each redia to from twelve to twenty cercaria.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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