trematode

trematode
/trem"euh tohd', tree"meuh-/, n.
any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.
[1830-40; < NL Trematoda class name < Gk trematódes having holes, equiv. to tremat- (s. of trêma) hole + -odes -ODE1]

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