redia

(rē′dē ə)

noun pl. rediae

a larval stage of many trematodes, usually parasitic in a host snail, produced by a sporocyst and producing daughter rediae or cercariae

Origin: ModL, after F. Redi, 17th-c. It naturalist

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noun pl. re·di·ae (-dē-ēˌ)

A larva of certain trematodes that is produced within the sporocyst and that can give rise to additional rediae or to cercariae.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: , after Francesco Redi (1626-1697), Italian naturalist

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