metacercaria

meta·cer·car·ia

noun \ˌmet-ə-(ˌ)sər-ˈkar-ē-ə, -ˈker-\

plural meta·cer·car·i·ae \-ē-ˌē\

Definition of METACERCARIA

: a tailless encysted late larva of a digenetic trematode that is usually the form which is infective for the definitive host

—meta·cer·car·i·al \-ē-əl\ adjective