Etymology

plerocercoid

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Today it means: An unsegmented worm-like larval form of certain tapeworms which develops from the procercoid. Full definition →

German Plerocercoid
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  1. German · derived fromPlerocercoid
  2. English todayplerocercoid

From German Plerocercoid, from Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, complete”) + Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail of a beast”) + -oid.

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