[′spär·gə·nəm] (invertebrate zoology) The plerocercoid larva of a tapeworm.
sparganum
sparganum
[spahr´gah-num] (Gr.) a migrating larva of a tapeworm" >tapeworm; see also sparganosis.
spar·ga·num
(spar'gă-nŭm), Originally described as a genus, but now restricted to the plerocercoid stage of certain tapeworms. [G. sparganon, a swathing band, fr. spargō, to swathe]