hexacanth

hexacanth
The motile six-hooked first-stage larva of cyclophyllidean cestodes; it emerges from the egg and actively claws its way through the intermediate host's intestine prior to development into the next larval stage; e.g., the h. of Taenia saginata, which penetrates the intestine of a cow that ingested the egg, then forms a cysticercus in the muscles of the intermediate host. SYN: oncosphere. [hexa- + G. akantha, hook or thorn]

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n.

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hexa·canth (hek″sə-kantґ) having six hooks, such as an oncosphere.

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