Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trematoid worm, Distoma hepatica. See
Distoma and fluke.
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Examples
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The youngster had succumbed to a massive liver-fluke infestation.
The Lani People 1951
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The tiny freshwater snail is the host of the juvenile stages of the liver-fluke of the sheep.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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a small, flat worm -- the liver-fluke -- which infests the liver and bile-ducts of the affected sheep.
The Eye of Osiris 1902
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