TREMATODE


Meaning of TREMATODE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtre-mə-ˌtōd ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek trēmatōdēs pierced with holes, from trēmat-, trēma hole, from tetrainein to bore — more at throw

Date: circa 1859

: any of a class (Trematoda) of parasitic usually hermaphroditic flatworms including the flukes

• trematode adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.