liver fluke

liver fluke
/liv"euhr/
any of various trematodes, as Fasciola hepatica, parasitic in the liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans.
[1785-95]

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      any of certain parasitic flatworms that invade the liver of the host animal. See fluke.

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