cephalontn.
/ˈsɛfələnt/ Zoology.
A protozoan parasite at the stage of development in which an epimerite is attached to the anterior cyst.
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1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 854/1 The epimerite serves to attach the parasite to its host... The phase in which it is present is called a ‘cephalont’, the phase after it has broken off a ‘sporont’.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 858 A Polycystid possessing all three segments is known as a Cephalin or Cephalont.
1961 D. L. Mackinnon & R. S. J. Hawes Introd. Study Protozoa iii. 183 Such fully developed trophozoites are called cephalonts.
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