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plerocercoid

[ pleer-oh-sur-koid ]

noun

Zoology.
  1. the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plerocercoid1

1905–10; < Greek ḗr ( ŧ ) full + -o- + Greek é ( os ) tail + -oid

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