fluke
101chinese liver fluke — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a common and destructive Asian liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis) that invades the human liver * * * /liv euhr/ a parasitic Asian flatworm, Clonorchis sinensis, that infects the gastrointestinal tract and bile… …
102long fluke — Sandnecker Sand neck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A European flounder ({Hippoglossoides limandoides}); called also {rough dab}, {long fluke}, {sand fluke}, and {sand sucker}. [1913 Webster] …
103sand fluke — Sandnecker Sand neck er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A European flounder ({Hippoglossoides limandoides}); called also {rough dab}, {long fluke}, {sand fluke}, and {sand sucker}. [1913 Webster] …
104bile fluke — n CHINESE LIVER FLUKE …
105Chinese liver fluke — n a common and destructive Asian liver fluke of the genus Clonorchis (C. sinensis) that has a complex life cycle involving a mollusk and a fish as intermediate hosts and that esp. in eastern and southeastern Asia is a serious human parasite… …
106lancet fluke — n a small liver fluke of the genus Dicrocoelium (D. dendriticum syn. D. lanceolatum) widely distributed in sheep and cattle and rarely infecting humans * * * Dicrocoelium dendriticum …
107lung fluke — n a fluke invading the lungs esp either of two Old World forms of the genus Paragonimus (P. westermanii and P. kellicotti) that produce lesions in humans which are comparable to those of tuberculosis and that are acquired by eating inadequately… …
108american fluke — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : the large liver fluke (Fascioloides magna) of cattle and related game mammals compare liver fluke …
109lung fluke — noun : a fluke invading the lungs; especially : an Old World form (Paragonimus westermanii or P. kellicotti) attacking man and producing lesions that are comparable to those of tuberculosis and that are acquired by eating inadequately cooked… …
110bannock fluke — Turbot Tur bot, n. [F.; probably so named from its shape, and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on… …
