blood fluke
noun
a schistosome.
Origin of blood fluke
1First recorded in 1870–75
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How to use blood fluke in a sentence
The blood fluke-worm is remarkable among its kind in having the sexes distinct.
British Dictionary definitions for blood fluke
blood fluke
noun
any parasitic flatworm, such as a schistosome, that lives in the blood vessels of man and other vertebrates: class Digenea: See also trematode
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