血吸蟲
See also: 血吸虫
Chinese edit
blood | trematode | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (血吸蟲) | 血 | 吸蟲 | |
simp. (血吸虫) | 血 | 吸虫 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
血吸蟲
- (parasitology) schistosome; blood fluke (Schistosoma)
Usage notes edit
To those unfamiliar, this term may strike them as a blatant misnomer: 血 (xuè, “blood”) + 吸 (xī, “sucks”) + 蟲/虫 (chóng, “the bug”).