blood fluke

/bləd fluk/
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Other forms: blood flukes

Definitions of blood fluke
  1. noun
    flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
    synonyms: schistosome
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    type of:
    fluke, trematode, trematode worm
    parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
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