coracidium meaning

• [Medicine]
  n pl -cid·ia : the oncosphere of a tapeworm at about the time of hatching while still surrounded by the embryophore
  

• The coracidium is then ingested by the first intermediate host, a cyclopoid copepod ( e . g . " Macrocyclops albidus " ).
• Eggs of the tapeworm are passed with the bird s feces and hatch in the water where the first larval stage, the coracidium, is produced.

• "coracidium" meaning in Chinese: 颤毛幼虫
• "coracidium" meaning in Japanese: coracidium コラシジウム[医生]
• "coracidium" meaning in Russian: корацидий ( личиночная стадия лентецов )