dicyemid
/dʌɪˈsʌɪəmɪd/ /ˌdʌɪsʌɪˈiːmɪd/Zoology
noun
Any microscopic worm of the rhombozoan group Dicyemida, having a complicated life cycle with two kinds of larvae.
- The Dicyemida have been treated as an order of the phylum Mesozoa or of the phylum Rhombozoa. The name is now frequently regarded as a preferred synonym of the phylum Rhombozoa..
Origin
Late 19th century. From scientific Latin Dicyema, genus name + -id.