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ple•ro•cer•coid
Pronunciation: (plēr"ō-sûr'koid), [key]—
n. Zool.
the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult. Cf.
procercoid. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.