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Webster 1913 Edition


Tristoma


Tris′to-ma

(trĭs′tō̍-mȧ)
,
Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
τρι-
(see
Tri-
) +
στόμα
mouth.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of trematode worms belonging to
Tristoma
and allied genera having a large posterior sucker and two small anterior ones. They usually have broad, thin, and disklike bodies, and are parasite on the gills and skin of fishes.