Meaning & use
liver fluke
A parasitic flatworm that infects the liver and bile ducts of sheep, cattle, and sometimes humans.
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The vet warned that wet pastures increase the risk of liver fluke infection in grazing sheep.
Farmers treat their cattle each autumn to control liver fluke before winter.
A note on using this word
Liver fluke refers to several related species of flatworm in the genus Fasciola; the term names both the parasite itself and the disease it causes, fascioliasis.
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trematode
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