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Webster 1913 Edition

Cercaria

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Cer-ca′ri-a

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Cercarle

[NL., fr. Gr.

κέρκοσ

tail.]

(Zool.)

The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.