noun
flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
• Syn: ↑schistosome
• Hypernyms: ↑fluke, ↑trematode, ↑trematode worm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Schistosoma, ↑genus Schistosoma
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a schistosome.
[1870-75]
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blood fluke noun
A schistosome
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Main Entry: ↑blood
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blood fluke,
= schistosome. (Cf. ↑schistosome)
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n. another term for schistosome
Useful english dictionary. 2012.