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miracidium

miracidium [ mrə síddi əm ] (plural miracidia [ mrə sídi ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
larva of trematode worm: the free-swimming first-stage larva of a trematode worm that hatches from an egg and then reproduces asexually

[Late 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek meirakidion 'little boy']

miracidial adjective
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