- daughter sporocyst:
- a larval stage of Digenea produced by a mother sporocyst; it lacks a gut
and is capable of asexual production of either rediae or cercariae.
- daughter redia:
- a larval stage of Digenea produced by a mother redia; it possesses a gut
and produces cercariae asexually.
- definitive host:
- a host in which the adult stage of a parasite lives.
- deirid:
- specialized cervical papilla.
- dendritic:
- highly branched.
- dermatitis:
- inflammation of the skin.
- diagonal:
- one located anterior and to the side of another.
- dioecious:
- possessing separate sexes.
- diplostomulum:
- a type of metacercaria in some Strigeiformes characterized by an oval shape
with anterolateral pseudosuckers, living unencysted in host tissue.
- direct life cycle:
- a life cycle involving only one host.
- diverticulate:
- taking the form of a branching pattern.
- diverticulum:
- a lateral, often branched, offshoot of part of the digestive system; often
present in large numbers.