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Brain-eating amoebas, blood flukes, leeches, and the worms that cause lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, are all parasites.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
The blood fluke that saved Formosa.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2014
The creatures are also are known to host blood flukes—or parasitic flatworms—that can infect endangered loggerhead sea turtles.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
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First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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“Blood fluke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20fluke. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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