- Procercoid
- Procercoid, eine der Larvenformen der ⇒ Cestoda (Bandwürmer).
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Procercoid
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procercoid — n. [Gr. pro, before; kerkos, tail; eidos, like] (PLATYHELMINTHES: Cestoda) The metacestode developing from the oncosphere, containing a body proper and caudal vestige of the oncosphere, the cercomere; see neotenic procercoid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
procercoid — noun Etymology: pro + Greek kerkos tail Date: 1918 the solid first parasitic larva of some tapeworms that develops usually in the body cavity of a copepod … New Collegiate Dictionary
procercoid — /proh serr koyd/, n. Zool. an elongate larval stage of some tapeworms that usually develops in the body of a freshwater copepod. Cf. plerocercoid. [1925 30; PRO 2 + Gk kérk(os) tail + OID] * * * … Universalium
procercoid — The first stage in the aquatic life cycle of certain tapeworms, such as the pseudophyllideans (family Diphyllobothriidae), following ingestion of the newly hatched larva (coracidium) by a copepod (water flea). The p. develops into a tailed larva… … Medical dictionary
procercoid — pro·cer·coid … English syllables
procercoid — (ˈ)prō|sərˌkȯid noun ( s) Etymology: pro (I) + cerc + oid : the solid first parasitic larva of pseudophyllidean and some other tapeworms that develops usually in the body cavity of a copepod compare plerocercoid … Useful english dictionary
neotenic procercoid — (PLATYHELMINTHES: Cestoda) In Caryophyllidea, adult Archigetes that reaches sexual maturity complete with cercomer … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Diphyllobothrium mansonoides — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Cest … Wikipedia
Diphyllobothrium — Proglottids of D. latum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
cercomer — The caudal appendage of a larval cestode, the procercoid stage of pseudophyllid cestodes; it may also be found on the cysticercoid larvae of taenioid cestodes, as well as in many of the hymenolepidids ( e.g., Hymenolepis nana). This appendage… … Medical dictionary
