HyperDic: blood_fluke

English > 1 sense of the expression blood fluke:
NOUNanimalblood fluke, schistosomeflatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
English > blood fluke: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningflatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals.
Synonymschistosome
Member ofSchistosoma, genus Schistosomatype genus of the family Schistosomatidae
Broaderfluke, trematode, trematode wormParasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

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