TREMATODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trematode mean? 

• TREMATODE (noun)
  The noun TREMATODE has 1 sense:

1. parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

  Familiarity information: TREMATODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREMATODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fluke; trematode; trematode worm

Hypernyms ("trematode" 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"):

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" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

A parasitic infection caused by trematodes of the Paragonimus genus.

(Paragonimiasis, NCI Thesaurus)