Furcocercous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌfɜː(ɹ)kəˈsɜː(ɹ)kəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Furcocercous is an adjective meaning (biology, of a cercaria) Having a forked tail.
Meaning
(biology, of a cercaria) Having a forked tail.
Example Sentences
The cercaria is an apharyngeal, distome cercaria of the furcocercous, brevifurcate type with pigmented eyespots .
On examining these, we found one or two infected with cercariae belonging to the furcocercous or fork tailed group.
Miller (1926) published a monograph of furcocurcous cercariae, and Cort and Brooks (1928) reported on the holostome cercariae in the Doublas Lake Region of Michigan.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cercariae, furcocercarial, cotylomicrocercous, parapleurolophocercous, metacercarial, xiphidiocercous.
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