a parasitic larva of flukes that has simple locomotory organs, pharynx, and intestine and gives rise either to other rediae or to a different larva (the cercaria)
Word origin
C19: from New Latin, named after Francesco Redi (1629–97), Italian naturalist
Examples of 'rediae' in a sentence
rediae
Infected snails were infected with rediae and pleurolophocercous cercariae.
Tami Bogéa, Fernanda Martins Cordeiro, Janaína Silva de Gouveia 2005, 'Melanoides tuberculatus (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) as intermediate host of Heterophyidae(Trematoda: Digenea) in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil Melanoides tuberculatus(Gastropoda: Thiaridae) como hospedeiro intermediário de Heterophyidae (Trematoda:Digenea) na região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil', Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)