What does furcocercous mean?
Furcocercous means (biology, of a cercaria) Having a forked tail.
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/ˌfɜː(ɹ)kəˈsɜː(ɹ)kəs/ · adjective
(biology, of a cercaria) Having a forked tail.
On examining these, we found one or two infected with cercariae belonging to the furcocercous or fork tailed group.
The cercaria is an apharyngeal, distome cercaria of the furcocercous, brevifurcate type with pigmented eyespots .
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.
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Furcocercous means (biology, of a cercaria) Having a forked tail.
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On examining these, we found one or two infected with cercariae belonging to the furcocercous or fork tailed group.
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