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Coracidium

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metacestodenounThe larval stage of a tapeworm
cercocystisnoun(biology) A tapeworm cysticercoid larva that develops within the vertebrate host villus rather than in an invertebrate host
acanthellanoun(biology) The juvenile infective form of an acanthocephalan.
sporocystnoun(biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.
acanthornounThe spindle-shaped embryo stage of Acanthocephala that burrows into the body cavity of its first intermediate host.
bothridiumnounAn outgrowth from the scolex of some tapeworms that is used for adhesion.
cysticercusnounThe larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex.
miracidiumnoun(biology) A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst
cysticercoidnounThe larval stage of certain tapeworms, similar in appearance to a cysticercus, but having the scolex filling completely the enclosing cyst.
metacercarianounThe encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host.
cribricyathnounThe larva of an archaeocyathid
redianounthe larva of some trematodes, some of which become cercariae
actinotrochanounThe larva of a phoronid.
cystacanthnounThe larva of an acanthocephalan.
proglottidnounA segment of a tapeworm; they contain both male and female reproductive organs
chromadoreannounAny roundworm of the class Chromadorea
caryophyllideannounAny tapeworm of the order Caryophyllidea
embryophorenoun(biology) The outer cellular covering of the hexacanth embryo of a tapeworm that forms the inner part of the eggshell
oncosphereAn embryonic form of a tapeworm, enclosed in a spherical membrane armed with six hooks
acephalocystnoun(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

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