Plural of fasciola; multiple parasitic flatworms or the plural of anatomical bands or ribbons.
Latin plural of fasciola, following the second declension Latin -a to -ae plural pattern.
When scientists use Latin plurals like fasciolae instead of fasciolas, they're maintaining scientific precision and tradition, even though it sounds more formal—it signals 'scientific authority' in a way English plurals don't.
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