See Also: Trematodea(medicine)

tentacular (iou) and Trematodea (medicine)


tentacular (iou)



tentacular adjective. E19.
[formed as TENTACULUM + -AR1.]
Pertaining to or of the Nature of a tentacle or tentacles; fig. of widespread (esp. covert) influence.

Trematodea (medicine)


trematodea
<zoology> An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite.

Synonym: Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.

Origin: NL, from Gr. Having holes, from, a hole.

Source: Websters Dictionary