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cercaria

/sɜːˈkeə.ri.ə/

翻译: 一种寄生吸虫的幼虫阶段,形似蝌蚪,具有尾部,能在水中游动寻找宿主;进入终宿主后尾部脱落,发育为成虫。

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noun

/sɜːˈkeə.ri.ə/C2formalscientific
  • zh一种寄生吸虫的幼虫阶段,形似蝌蚪,具有尾部,能在水中游动寻找宿主;进入终宿主后尾部脱落,发育为成虫。

A tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm, which loses its tail in the adult stage.

  1. Parasitic LarvaC2formalscientific

    A free-swimming, tadpole-shaped larval stage of a trematode (fluke) worm, which develops in a snail host and later infects a vertebrate host, losing its tail as it matures into an adult.

    zh尾蚴

    • The cercaria emerges from the snail and swims in search of a suitable host.
    • Cercariae are known to cause schistosomiasis in humans.
    • Under the microscope, the cercaria's forked tail is clearly visible.
词形
  • cercariae plural form
  • cercariae's possessive plural form
  • cercaria's possessive singular form