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plerocercoid Zool.|plɪərəʊˈsɜːkɔɪd|
[f. Gr. πλήρης, πληρο- full + κέρκος tail + -oid.]
A larval form of certain tapeworms, in which the body is solid, lacking a bladder. Also attrib. or as adj.
1906P. Falcke tr. Braun's Animal Parasites of Man 219 Human beings, like other hosts, can only acquire the broad tapeworm by ingesting its plerocercoids. 1928Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 June 2081/1, I found the plerocercoids in pike. 1961Swellengrebel & Sterman Animal Parasites in Man xiii. 241 The plerocercoids have been recovered from various internal organs. 1962J. D. Smyth Introd. Anim. Parasitol. xix. 222 The lycophora..develops into a procercoid and later a plerocercoid larva. 1973T. C. Cheng Gen. Parasitol. xiv. 488/2 Procercoids develop into solid, wormlike plerocercoids, each with one invaginated scolex at one end. |