CERCARIA (cercariae, cercariiae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: cercariae    , cercariiae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cercaria mean? 

• CERCARIA (noun)
  The noun CERCARIA has 1 sense:

1. tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage

  Familiarity information: CERCARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERCARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cercaria" is a kind of...):

larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

Holonyms ("cercaria" is a member of...):

class Trematoda; Trematoda (parasitic flatworms (including flukes))

Derivation:

cercarial (of or relating to cercaria)