liver fluke

[ liv-er ]

noun
  1. any of various trematodes, as Fasciola hepatica, parasitic in the liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.

Origin of liver fluke

1
First recorded in 1785–95

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How to use liver fluke in a sentence

  • (a) Flatworms are sometimes parasitic, examples being the tapeworm and liver fluke.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
  • Such is seen in the life history of the liver fluke, a flatworm which kills sheep, and in the tapeworm.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
  • The history of the Liver-fluke is a most complicated example of alternation of generations.

  • In the adult state the liver fluke has been known from the earliest times.

    Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
  • Almost all ruminants harbor the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica).

    Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold

British Dictionary definitions for liver fluke

liver fluke

noun
  1. 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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