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8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
originFrom New Latin cercāria, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -āria.
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