cercaria

English Thesaurus

1. tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	larva,
definition	:	the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class trematoda, trematoda,
definition	:	parasitic flatworms (including flukes) (noun.animal)

derivation	:	cercarial,
definition	:	of or relating to cercaria (adj.pert)

derivation	:	cercarial,
definition	:	of or relating to cercaria (adj.pert)