Trematoda

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In Cuvier's system of classification, the second family of parenchymatous entozoa, containing the flukes proper, the hectocotyls of cephalopods, and the planarian larvæ of turbellarians. See cuts under Cercaria, Bucephalus, and water-vascular.
An extensive order of parasitic and chiefly entoparasitic worms, which may be found inside the bodies of almost any animal, and sometimes on the gills or skin of fishes; the flukes or fluke-worms.

proper noun A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes — many parasitic flatworms, flukes.

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Agamogenesis, such as that exhibited by some 'Trematoda' and by the

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
Flukes: Parasitic flatworms belonging to the class Trematoda.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Flukes: Parasitic flatworms belonging to the class Trematoda.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Molecular evidence linking hominid evolution to recent radiation of schistosomes Platyhelminthes: Trematoda.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Flukes: Parasitic flatworms belonging to the class Trematoda.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Molecular evidence linking hominid evolution to recent radiation of schistosomes Platyhelminthes: Trematoda.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Molecular evidence linking hominid evolution to recent radiation of schistosomes Platyhelminthes: Trematoda.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Below were some pictures labeled Class Turbellaria and Class Trematoda.

Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996
Below were some pictures labeled Class Turbellaria and Class Trematoda.

Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996
[67] If, on the contrary, we follow the analogy of the more complex forms of Agamogenesis, such as that exhibited by some _Trematoda_ and by the _Aphides_, the Hyæna must produce, asexually, a brood of asexual

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860