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flatworm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun flatworm has 1 sense
- flatworm(n = noun.animal) platyhelminth - parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body; Array has parts: flame cell
is a kind of worm
is a member of phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes
has particulars: planaria, planarian, fluke, trematode, trematode worm, cestode, tapeworm
CIDE DICTIONARY
flatworm, n.
Any worm belonging to the Platyhelminthes ; also, sometimes applied to the planarians. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
flatworm, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body and no body-cavity or blood vessels, including turbellaria, flukes, etc.
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