Etymology

miracidium

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Today it means: A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst Full definition →

Ancient Greek μειράκιον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμειράκιον
  2. English todaymiracidium

From Ancient Greek μειράκιον (meirákion) + -idium.

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