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n. ( pl.miracidia) the first-stage larva of a parasitic fluke. Miracidia hatch from eggs released into water with the host’s excreta. They have cilia and swim about until they reach a snail. The miracidia then bore into the snail’s soft tissues and there continue their development as sporocysts.
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