re|di|a

re|di|a «REE dee uh», noun, plural -di|ae «-dee ee».

a larval stage in many trematodes, hatched from eggs formed in the sporocyst, and in turn developing into a cercaria: »

Each redia has a small mouth, a muscular pharynx, and a simple intestine (London Times).

╂[< New Latin redia < Francesco Redi, an Italian naturalist of the 1600's]