Trematodea
Related to Trematodea: Cestodes
Trem`a`to´de`a
| n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.