Aspidogastrea

plural noun

As·​pi·​do·​gas·​trea

-ˈgastrēə

: a small subclass of Trematoda comprising flukes with large complex ventral sucking disks that are intermediate in some respects between monogenetic and digenetic trematodes and are internal or external parasites of aquatic animals, sometimes having alternation of hosts though completely lacking sexual reproduction

aspidogastrid

-¦astrə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from aspid- + -gastrea (from Greek gastr-, gastēr stomach)

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