adolescaria

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• adolescaria — n.; pl. iae [L. adolescens, young; Gr. kerkos, tail] (PLATYHELMINTHES: Trematoda) Cercaria or metacercaria stage; see marita, parthenita …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• adolescaria — ad·o·les·car·ia …   English syllables

• metacercaria — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from meta + cercaria : a late larva of a digenetic trematode that is tailless and encysted and usually constitutes the form which is infective for the definitive host compare adolescaria, cercaria, marita …   Useful english dictionary

• adolescarial — adjective see adolescaria …   Useful english dictionary