血吸蟲

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See also: 血吸虫

Chinese

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blood trematode
trad. (血吸蟲) 吸蟲
simp. (血吸虫) 吸虫
anagram 吸血蟲吸血虫
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Noun

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血吸蟲

  1. (parasitology) schistosome; blood fluke (Schistosoma)

Usage notes

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To those unfamiliar, this term may strike them as a blatant misnomer: (xuè, “blood”) + (, “sucks”) + (chóng, “the bug”).

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