Defn: Trembling; — used as a direction to perform a passage with a general shaking of the whole chord.
TREMATODE
Trem"a*tode, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.
TREMATODEA
Trem`a*to"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodite. Called also Trematoda, and Trematoidea. See Fluke, Tristoma, and Cercaria.
TREMATOID
Trem"a*toid, a. Etym: [From Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: f or pertaining to the Trematodea. See Illustration in
Appendix.
TREMBLE
Trem"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling.]
Etym: [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere
to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. trimti. Cf. Tremulous, Tremor.]
1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; — said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.
2. To totter; to shake; — said of a thing. The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. Milton.