liver fluke
any of various trematodes, as Fasciola hepatica, parasitic in the liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.
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(a) Flatworms are sometimes parasitic, examples being the tapeworm and liver fluke.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterSuch is seen in the life history of the liver fluke, a flatworm which kills sheep, and in the tapeworm.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThe history of the Liver-fluke is a most complicated example of alternation of generations.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. LindsayIn the adult state the liver fluke has been known from the earliest times.
Parasites | T. Spencer CobboldAlmost all ruminants harbor the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica).
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
British Dictionary definitions for liver fluke
any of various parasitic flatworms, esp Fasciola hepatica, that inhabit the bile ducts of sheep, cattle, etc, and have a complex life cycle: class Digenea: See also trematode
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