miracidium in English

noun
1
a free-swimming ciliated larval stage in which a parasitic fluke passes from the egg to its first host, typically a snail.
Generally, host seeking by miracidia includes a complicated behavioral process that is initiated through a combination of light and gravity stimuli.

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