See Also: Cercaria(medicine)
cercaria(dictionary)

cercaria (iou)



cercaria noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin, irreg. from Greek kerkos tail: see -ARY1.]
Zoology. A digenean trematode (fluke) in the free-swimming larval stage developed from the redia, in which form it passes from the intermediate to the definitive host. Cf. MIRACIDIUM.
cercarial adjective L19.
cercarian adjective M19.