trematode

1. 1.

   parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

   Synonymsfluketrematode worm

   Broaderflatworm

   Narrowerliver flukeFasciolopsis buskischistosome

   Part ofTrematoda

Other forms of trematode

plural

trematodes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trematode

What does trematode mean?

trematode means "parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host".

How many syllables are in trematode?

trematode has 3 syllables: tre-ma-tode. The stress falls on "tre".

What is another word for trematode?

Close synonyms include fluke, trematode worm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trematode a common word?

trematode is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.