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SCHISTOSOME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("schistosome" is a kind of...):
fluke; trematode; trematode worm (parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host)
Holonyms ("schistosome" is a member of...):
genus Schistosoma; Schistosoma (type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes)
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