noun
- a parasitic flatworm with one or more suckers, including flukes that infect humans and animals
Usage: biology
Examples
- The trematode caused liver damage in the infected cattle.
- Scientists studied the life cycle of the blood trematode.
- Trematodes require intermediate hosts to complete their development.
- The parasitic trematode was found in freshwater snails.
- Medical researchers identified several trematode species in the samples.
- The trematode’s suckers help it attach to host tissues.