trematode

[ trem-uh-tohd, tree-muh- ]

noun

1. any parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Trematoda, having one or more external suckers; fluke.

trematode

/ ˈtrɛməˌtəʊd; ˈtriː- /

noun

1. any parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda , which includes the flukes

trematode

/ trĕm′ə-tōd′ /

1. Any of numerous parasitic flatworms of the class Trematoda, having a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue. Flatworms include both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, and some cause diseases of humans in tropical regions, such as schistosomiasis. Liver flukes, blood flukes, and planarians are flatworms.
2. Also called fluke

Word History and Origins

Origin of trematode¹

1830–40; < New Latin Trematoda class name < Greek trēmatṓdēs having holes, equivalent to trēmat- (stem of trêma ) hole + -ōdēs -ode ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of trematode¹

C19: from New Latin Trematoda , from Greek trēmatōdēs full of holes, from trēma a hole

Example Sentences

The closest relatives of that trematode (also recorded from T. ferox) live in marine turtles.

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It wouldn't be simple, because this trematode was probably Hepatodirus hominis, and it was tricky.

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The trematode parasites from a collection of amphibians and reptiles.

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The parasite that's doing the damage is a flatworm, a trematode called Hepatodirus hominis.

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Gap′er; Gapes, a disease of birds, owing to the presence of trematode worms in the windpipe, shown by their uneasy gaping.

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