Cercarian

/sɜrˈkɛriən/ adjective

Relating to or being a cercaria; characteristic of the larval stage of parasitic flatworms that have tail appendages.

From cercaria plus the suffix -an, an alternative adjectival ending to -al. Both cercarian and cercarial are used interchangeably in scientific literature.

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