Meaning | Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host. |
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Synonyms | fluke, trematode |
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Member of | Trematoda, class Trematoda | Parasitic flatworms (including flukes) |
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Narrower | Fasciolopsis buski | fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine |
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liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica | flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans |
schistosome, blood fluke | flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals |
Broader | flatworm, platyhelminth | Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body |
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Spanish | trematodo |
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Catalan | trematode, trematodo |
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