strig·e·ata \ˌstrijēˈäd.ə, -ˈād.ə\noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Strigea, genus of trematodes + -ata in some classifications: a suborder of Prosostomata comprising digenetic trematode worms parasitic as adults in the blood or intestines of vertebrates and including such medically important forms as the schistosomes