Trematoda
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Trematoda
From New Latin; trematode
Example Sentences
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The only comparable fact among other worms is the Laurer’s canal or genito-intestinal canal in the Trematoda.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Trematoda, trem-a-tō′da, n.pl. a class of flat-worms whose members are parasitic in or on a great variety of animals, the body unsegmented, leaf-like or more or less cylindrical, and provided with adhesive suckers.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Most of the Platodaria have not the muscular pharynx, which is very advanced in the Turbellaria and Trematoda.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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