Definition of trematoda Trematoda
Trem•a•to•da
We found 4 definitions of trematoda from 4 different sources.
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What does trematoda mean?
WordNet
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| trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes) | ||
| class Trematoda | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes flatworms | ||
| helminth, parasitic worm worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes | ||
| trematode, trematode worm, fluke parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host | ||
| cercaria tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | ||
| family fasciolidae, fasciolidae a family of Trematoda | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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. Trem′atode, one of the foregoing—also Trem′atoid.—adj. Trem′atoid, suctorial. [Gr. trēmatōdēs, porous—trēma, a hole.]
Wikipedia 
- Trematoda (more commonly called Flukes) is the name for a number of species of flatworms. All of them have one or more suckers. They live in the organs of their host animal. Usually the hosts are vertebrates.
Part of speech
🔤- trematoda, noun, singular of trematodas / trematodae.
