different between cysticercus vs plerocercoid

English

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kústis, “bladder”) + ?????? (kérkos, “tail”).

cysticercus (plural cysticerci)

The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex.

From German Plerocercoid, from Ancient Greek ?????? (pl?r?s, “full, complete”) +? Ancient Greek ?????? (kérkos, “tail of a beast”) +? -oid.

plerocercoid (plural plerocercoids)

(zoology) An unsegmented worm-like larval form of certain tapeworms which develops from the procercoid.

“plerocercoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
“plerocercoid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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