1. relating to or characteristic of a metacercaria, the larval stage of certain parasitic flatworms
Usage: parasitology; biology

Examples

• The metacercarial stage occurs in the intermediate host.
• Researchers studied the metacercarial cysts in infected fish.
• The metacercarial form is encysted and dormant.
• Metacercarial development takes several weeks to complete.
• The parasite’s metacercarial stage is found in muscle tissue.