trematoda (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Trematoda*:
NOUN	animal	Trematoda, class Trematoda	parasitic flatworms (including flukes)

English > *Trematoda*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Parasitic flatworms (including flukes).
Synonym	class Trematoda
Member of	Platyhelminthes, phylum Platyhelminthes	flatworms
Members	Fasciolidae, family Fasciolidae	A family of Trematoda
	Schistosomatidae, family Schistosomatidae	A family of Trematoda
	cercaria	tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm
	fluke, trematode, trematode worm	Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
	helminth, parasitic worm	worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	trematodos
Catalan	trematodes

HyperDic: trematoda