Digenea (Gr. Dis – double, Genos – race) is a subclass within the Platyhelminthes consisting of parasitic flatworms with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. Adults are particularly common in the digestive tract, but occur throughout the organ systems of all classes of vertebrates. Once thought to be relate...
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• (n. pl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.
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(from the article `flatworm`) ...ventral surface, consists of suckerlets arranged in rows; excretory pore single and posterior; endoparasites of vertebrates, mollusks, and ... In the life cycle of flukes of the subclass Digenea, mollusks serve as the intermediate host. Eggs of Digenea usually hatch in water or in a snail ... [2 relat...
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<zoology> A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. = twice + race, offspring. ... (11 Mar 1998) ...
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Di·ge'ne·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
di- =
di`s- twice + ... race, offspring.]
(Zoology) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-jē′nē-ă Definitions: 1. Subclass of parasitic flatworms (class Trematoda) characterized by a complex life cycle involving developmental multiplying stages in a mollusk intermediate host, an adult stage in a vertebrate, and often involving an additional transport host or an additional intermedia...
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Digenea is an order of Trematoda. They are endoparasitic flukes with no hooks or posterior sucker. They usually have a ventral sucker and an oral sucker. The life history requires an intermediate host, often a mollusc. The adults are chiefly parasites of warm-blooded vertebrates.
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