ALL meanings of cercaria
cer·car·i·a
C c - noun cercaria one of the larval forms of trematode worms. It has a short forked tail and resembles an immature adult 3
- noun cercaria the free-swimming larva of a parasitic trematode worm 3
- noun plural cercaria the disk-shaped larva of flukes of the class Trematoda, having a taillike appendage. 1
- noun cercaria A free-swimming larval stage in which a parasitic fluke passes from an intermediate host (typically a snail) to another intermediate host or to the final vertebrate host. 1
- noun cercaria The parasitic larva of trematodes that infect the final host generally. 0