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schistosome

n. Any of several tropical trematode worms, of the genus ''Schistosoma'', that are parasitic to humans

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schistosome

n. flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals [syn: blood fluke]

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But for physical effort on the bug's own part, the prize still goes to worms such as hookworms and schistosomes, which actively burrow through a host's skin from the water or soil into which their larvae had been excreted in a previous victim's feces.

But for physical effort on the bug’s own part, the prize still goes to worms such as hookworms and schistosomes, which actively burrow through a host’s skin from the water or soil into which their larvae had been excreted in a previous victim’s feces.