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- noun Plural form of
trematode .
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Examples
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The study showed increased levels of nitrogen and phosphorus cause sharp hikes in the abundance and reproduction of a snail species that hosts microscopic parasites known as trematodes, said Pieter Johnson of the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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It was the first study to show that nutrient enrichment drives the abundance of parasites, known as trematodes, increasing levels of amphibian infection and subsequent malformations.
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The flatworms, called trematodes, are notorious for causing limb malformations, kidney damage and sometimes death in several species of frog.
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Parasites, worms called trematodes, infect these snails.
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Community structure: Larval trematodes in snail hosts.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Community structure: Larval trematodes in snail hosts.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Seasonal prevalence of two larval trematodes of Physella gyrina in a spring in Northwestern Alabama.
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and Harper's Scott Horton on DemocracyNow! 1/28 2009
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Digentic (host-castrating) trematodes target gonadal tissue and also affect growth rate and larval production in freshwater mussels.
Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction 2009
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Community structure: Larval trematodes in snail hosts.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Flatworms (platyhelminths) – these include the trematodes (flukes) and cestodes (tapeworms).
Parasite 2008
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