Definition of "trematode" []

• Any of numerous flatworms of the class Trematoda, including both external and internal parasites of animal hosts, that have a thick outer cuticle and one or more suckers or hooks for attaching to host tissue. Also called fluke1. (noun)
• Of or belonging to the Trematoda. (adjective)

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• "Further, many native populations of this organism are infected with a parasitic trematode that causes castration sterilization in females."
• "Â Further, many native populations of this organism are infected with a parasitic trematode that causes castration sterilization in females."
• "& Feminella J.W. “Parasitic mite and trematode abundance are associated with reduced reproductive output and physiological condition of freshwater mussels.”"