REDIA

Etymology

Named after Redi, an Italian naturalist.

Noun

redia (plural redias or rediae)

the larva of some trematodes, some of which become cercariae

Anagrams

• Dirae, adire, aider, aired, deair, idear, irade

Source: Wiktionary


Re"di*a (r"d*), n.; pl. L. RediƦ (-e), E. Redias (-. Etym: [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zoƶl.)

Definition: 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 rediƦ, or else cercariƦ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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