SINCE 1828
clinostomum
noun
cli·nos·to·mum
| \ klīˈnästəməm\
Definition of clinostomum
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: 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
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