sparganum
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            spar·ga·num
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈspär-gə-nəm  
                                                      
                                                          
            
            
               plural spargana
                                        -nə  also sparganums
    
 also sparganums            
        
    
                                
              
          
                                                      : an intramuscular or subcutaneous vermiform parasite of various vertebrates including humans that is the plerocercoid larva of a tapeworm                                      
                
                  —sometimes used as though a generic name when referring to such a larva
    
              
                             
Sparganum mansoni is the larva of Spirometra mansoni
                         
                
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