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pro⋅cer⋅coid

  [proh-sur-koid]
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–noun Zoology.
an elongate larval stage of some tapeworms that usually develops in the body of a freshwater copepod.
Compare plerocercoid.

Origin:
1925–30; pro- 2 + Gk kérk(os) tail + -oid
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pro·cer·coid   (prō-sûr'koid)   
n.  A larval stage of certain tapeworms that typically develops in the body cavity of a copepod.

[pro-2 + Greek kerkos, tail + -oid.]
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Main Entry: pro·cer·coid
Pronunciation: (')prO-'s&r-"koid
Function: noun
: the solid first parasitic larva of some tapeworms that developsusually in the body cavity of a copepod
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procercoid pro·cer·coid (prō-sûr'koid)
n.
The first stage in the aquatic life cycle of certain tapeworms following ingestion of the newly hatched larva by a copepod.

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