sheep liver fluke

English

Noun

sheep liver fluke (plural sheep liver flukes)

1. A parasitic flatworm, of species Fasciola hepatica, of the class Trematoda, that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans.

Synonyms

• common liver fluke

Translations

parasitic flatworm

• Danish: leverikte
• Dutch: leverbot (nl) m
• French: grande douve du foie (fr) f
• German: Großer Leberegel m
• Hungarian: májmétely (hu)
• Irish: leith uisce f
• Japanese: 肝蛭 (ja) (かんてつ, kantetsu)
• Portuguese: barata-do-fígado f, baratinha-do-fígado f, dúvia f, saguaipé f
• Romanian: vierme de gălbează m
• Russian: печёночная двуу́стка f (pečónočnaja dvuústka), печёночная фасцио́ла f (pečónočnaja fascióla), обыкнове́нная фасцио́ла f (obyknovénnaja fascióla)
• Spanish: duela del hígado f