SCHISTOSOME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals

Synonyms:

blood fluke; schistosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("schistosome" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("schistosome" is a member of...):

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

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