Noun: trematode 'tre-mu,towd
- Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
"The trematode infected the snail's digestive gland";
- fluke, trematode worm
Derived forms: trematodes
Type of: flatworm, platyhelminth
Part of: class Trematoda, Trematoda
Encyclopedia: Trematode