strobilocercus

strobilocercus
A taenioid tapeworm larva of the cysticercus type, but with a conspicuous segmented neck, small terminal bladder, and everted scolex; the larval form of Taenia taeniaeformis, called Cysticercus fasciolaris. [G. strobile, a twist of lint, + kerkos, tail]

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strob·i·lo·cer·cus .sträb-ə-lō-'sər-kəs n, pl -ci -.sī a larval tapeworm that has undergone strobilation and eversion from its bladder while still in the intermediate host

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