Usually means: Larval stage of tapeworm development.
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▸ noun:  (zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.

Similar:
plerocercoid, scolex, procerodid, scolecid, procoelian, coenurus, serolid, proetid, prodoxid, spiroplectamminid, more...

Types:
cercaria, miracidium, redia, sporocyst, trophozoite, metacercaria, more...

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Similar:
plerocercoid, scolex, procerodid, scolecid, procoelian, coenurus, serolid, proetid, prodoxid, spiroplectamminid, more...

Types:
cercaria, miracidium, redia, sporocyst, trophozoite, metacercaria, more...



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