CERCARIA

(Lat.), n. f. Su5r(ke2r)-ka(ka3)'ri2-a3. From ice'pKOS, a tail. Fr., cercaire. 1. As now used, the larva of the Trematoda in the state in which it is provided with a tail-like proce . [L. 201.] 2. An animalcule with the body terminating in a tail-like appendage. [L, 296.] 3. A genus of the Distomata of Dujardin. [Muller (L, 18).] Cercarise seminis. The sperm a to zooids. [L, 73.] CERCARIA [Bory] (Lat.), n. f. pi. Su6r(ke2r)-ka(ka3)'ri2-e(a3- e2). Fr., cercariees. Ger., Cercarien. A family of Infusoria, having an enlarged body with a slender tail-like appendage. The body of the true C. of vegetable infusions is rounded, that of the zoosperms is flattened. [L, 108.] [s. 180]