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LIVER FLUKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liver fluke mean?
• LIVER FLUKE (noun)
The noun LIVER FLUKE has 1 sense:
1. flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans
Familiarity information: LIVER FLUKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Fasciola hepatica; liver fluke
Hypernyms ("liver fluke" is a kind of...):
fluke; trematode; trematode worm (parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host)
Holonyms ("liver fluke" is a member of...):
Fasciola; genus Fasciola (a genus of Fasciolidae)
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