plerocercoid

[ pleer-oh-sur-koid ]

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

Origin of plerocercoid

1
1905–10; <Greek plḗr(ēs) full + -o- + Greek kérk(os) tail + -oid

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