n pl :  a cosmopolitan family of digenetic trematodes chiefly infesting the livers of mammals and typically having a flattened leaf-shaped body with the ventral sucker near the anterior end - see FASCIOLA FASCIOLOIDES FASCIOLOPSIS  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  fa·cil·i·ty 
 
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