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TREMATODE WORM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

Synonyms:

fluke; trematode; trematode worm

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("trematode worm" is a kind of...):

flatworm; platyhelminth (parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trematode worm"):

Fasciola hepatica; liver fluke (flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans)

Fasciolopsis buski (fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine; common in eastern Asia)

blood fluke; schistosome (flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals)

Holonyms ("trematode worm" is a member of...):

class Trematoda; Trematoda (parasitic flatworms (including flukes))

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