liver fluke
noun
1- a fluke which has a complex life cycle and is of medical and veterinary importance. The adult lives within the liver tissues of a vertebrate, and the larva within one or more secondary hosts such as a snail or fish.肝吸虫, 肝蛭。
1.1
- Many species in the subclass Digenea, class Trematoda, including the Chinese liver fluke (Opisthorchis sinensis), which infests humans, and Fasciola hepatica, which infests sheep and cattle.复殖亚纲, 吸虫纲, 多种, 包括侵害人体的中国肝吸虫（拉丁名 Opisthorchis sinensis）, 和侵害牛羊的肝吸虫。