Xiphidiocercaria

//zəˌfɪdi.oʊ.sɝˈkɛɹi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cercaria having a stylet in the anterior rim of its oral sucker with which it actively penetrates its host. no-plural

Etymology

From xiphidio- + cercaria.

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