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LIVER FLUKE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does liver fluke mean?

• LIVER FLUKE (noun)
The noun LIVER FLUKE has 1 sense:

1. flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans

Familiarity information: LIVER FLUKE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LIVER FLUKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fasciola hepatica; liver fluke

Hypernyms ("liver fluke" is a kind of...):

fluke; trematode; trematode worm (parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host)

Holonyms ("liver fluke" is a member of...):

Fasciola; genus Fasciola (a genus of Fasciolidae)

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