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Fasciola hepatica
(redirected from Sheep liver fluke)

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Noun1.Fasciola hepatica - flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humansFasciola hepatica - flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans
liver fluke
trematode, trematode worm, fluke - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
Fasciola, genus Fasciola - a genus of Fasciolidae
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