noun
- parasitic flatworms that have complex life cycles involving multiple hosts
Usage: biology; plural form
Examples
- Trematodes are responsible for several tropical diseases in humans.
- The biology class studied trematodes under the microscope.
- Many trematodes require snails as intermediate hosts.
- Schistosomiasis is caused by blood trematodes.
- The veterinarian found trematodes in the sheep’s liver.
- Trematodes have suckers that help them attach to host tissues.