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    BLOOD FLUKE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammalsplay

    Synonyms:

    blood fluke; schistosome

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("blood fluke" is a kind of...):

    fluke; trematode; trematode worm (parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host)

    Holonyms ("blood fluke" is a member of...):

    genus Schistosoma; Schistosoma (type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes)

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