| NOUN | animal | cercaria | tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm |
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| Meaning | tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage / stage. | |
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| Member of | Trematoda, class Trematoda | Parasitic flatworms (including flukes) |
| Broader | 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 |
| Spanish | cercaria | |
| Adjectives | cercarial | of or relating to cercaria |
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