FASCIOLA HEPATICA

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Meaning:

Flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans

Synonyms:

Fasciola hepatica; liver fluke

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Fasciola hepatica" is a kind of...):

fluke; trematode; trematode worm (parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host)

Holonyms ("Fasciola hepatica" is a member of...):

Fasciola; genus Fasciola (a genus of Fasciolidae)

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