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trematode definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host [syn: fluke, trematode, trematode worm]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek tr?mat?d?s pierced with holes, from tr?mat-, tr?ma hole, from tetrainein to bore — more at throw Date: circa 1859 any of a class (Trematoda) of parasitic usually hermaphroditic flatworms including the flukes • trematode adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trematode Trem"a*tode, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.