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trematode
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun trematode has 1 sense
- trematode(n = noun.animal) fluke, trematode worm - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host; Array is a kind of flatworm, platyhelminth
is a member of class trematoda, trematoda
has particulars: fasciola hepatica, liver fluke, fasciolopsis buski, blood fluke, schistosome
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trematode, n. any parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, esp. a fluke, equipped with hooks or suckers, e.g. a liver fluke.
Etymology
mod.L Trematoda f. Gk trematodes perforated f. trema hole
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