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miracidium

American

[mahy-ruh-sid-ee-uhm] / ˌmaɪ rəˈsɪd i əm /

noun

plural

miracidia

the larva that hatches from the egg of a trematode worm or fluke.

miracidium British

/ ˌmaɪrəˈsɪdɪəm /

noun

the flat ciliated larva of flukes that hatches from the egg and gives rise asexually to other larval forms

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Other Word Forms

miracidial

adjective

Etymology

Origin of miracidium

1895–1900; < New Latin, equivalent to mirac- (< Greek meirak- (stem of meîrax ) boy, girl) + -idium -idium

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