Redia

Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.

Compare redia with other words:

redia vs. rediae

media vs. redia

redia vs. sporosac

redia vs. trematode

larva vs. redia