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trematode

trem.a.tode \'trem-*-.to-d\ n [deriv. of Gk tre-mato-de-s pierced with 
   holes, fr. tre-ma]t-, tre-ma hole, fr. tetrainein to bore - more at THROW : 
   any of a class (Trematoda) of parasitic flatworms including the flukes  - 
   trematode aj