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Definition of Fasciolidae
1. Noun. A family of Trematoda.
Generic synonyms: Worm Family
Group relationships: Class Trematoda, Trematoda
Member holonyms: Fasciola, Genus Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Genus Fasciolopsis
Medical Definition of Fasciolidae
1. A family of flukes of the class trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: fasciola, fasciolopsis, fascioloides, tenuifasciola, parafasciolopsis, and protofasciola. The adult form of fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fasciolidae
Literary usage of Fasciolidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"fasciolidae—flukes with two suckers, one terminal, the other adjacent to it and
... The sexes are separate, not hermaphroditic as with the fasciolidae and ..."
2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"fasciolidae—flukes with two suckers, one terminal, the other adjacent to it and
... The sexes are separate, not hermaphroditic as with the fasciolidae and ..."
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