clinostomum

noun

cli·​nos·​to·​mum

klīˈnästəməm

1

capitalized : a genus of digenetic trematodes occurring as adults in the mouth and esophagus of fish-eating birds and as metacercaria encysting in the muscles of various fishes and other aquatic vertebrates

2

plural clinostoma

-mə

: any worm of the genus Clinostomum

especially : yellow grub

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from clin- + -stomum

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