n, pl  re*di*ae  also  re*di*as  :  a larva produced within the sporocyst of many trematodes that produces another generation of larvae like itself or develops into a cercaria re*di*al adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  HRT  rad  radii  rat 
 
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