Dictionary.com
definitions

plerocercoid

[pleer-oh-sur-koid]

noun Zoology.

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

Origin of plerocercoid

1905–10; < Greek plḗr(ēs) full + -o- + Greek kérk(os) tail + -oid
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
plerocercoid in Medicine

plerocercoid

[plîr′ō-sûr′koid′]

n.

The infective larva of some tapeworms, characterized by its solid elongated body.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.