procercoid /pro·cer·coid/ (pro-ser´koid) a larval stage of fish tapeworms.
procercoid
pro·cer·coid (pr -sûr koid)n. The first stage in the aquatic life cycle of certain tapeworms following ingestion of the newly hatched larva by a copepod. |
procercoid
[prōsur′koid]
the first stage in the life cycle of certain tapeworms that develop from the coracidium stage of Diphyllobothrium latum. The tapeworm develops in the body of the first intermediate host, either a crustacean or a copopod of the genus Diaptomus.
procercoid
the first larval stage in the life cycle of a pseudophyllidean cestode, e.g. Spirocerca erinacei. The procercoid is a solid bodied stage with oncospheral hooks carried on the cercomer in the posterior region.
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