klōˈnȯrkə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek klōn twig + orchis testis — more at orchis
: a genus of trematode worms (family Opisthorchiidae) containing the Chinese liver fluke ( C. sinensis ), having a complex life cycle involving a mollusk and a fish as intermediate hosts, and constituting a serious parasite of man in eastern and southeastern Asia with human infection resulting from consumption of raw infected fish