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BLOOD FLUKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blood fluke mean?
• BLOOD FLUKE (noun)
The noun BLOOD FLUKE has 1 sense:
1. flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
Familiarity information: BLOOD FLUKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
blood fluke; schistosome
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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