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BLOOD FLUKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood fluke mean? 

BLOOD FLUKE (noun)
  The noun BLOOD FLUKE has 1 sense:

1. flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammalsplay

  Familiarity information: BLOOD FLUKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOOD FLUKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blood fluke; schistosome

Hypernyms ("blood fluke" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("blood fluke" is a member of...):

genus Schistosoma; Schistosoma (type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes)


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