flatworm in English

noun
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a worm of a phylum that includes the planarians together with the parasitic flukes and tapeworms. They are distinguished by having a simple flattened body that lacks blood vessels, and a digestive tract that, if present, has a single opening.
Planarians are free-living flatworms , and have a much simpler life history.
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1. Macrostomum hystrix is a free-living flatworm of the genus Macrostomum.

2. Cestode (plural Cestodes) A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm

3. Cestode definition, a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms

4. The Cestoda, comprising Gyrocotylidea, Amphilinidea, and EuCestoda, are believed to form a monophyletic and highly derived flatworm group

5. Cestode definition: any parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda, which includes the tapeworms Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

6. She married an American, Joseph Dunn, whom she had met while in New Hampshire, and in 2008 returned to Colombia to continue her research, completing a database of flatworm species and their taxonomic groups.

7. Other articles where Polycladida is discussed: flatworm: Annotated classification: Order Polycladida Pharynx simple, Bulbose, or plicate (many ridges); intestine may have short diverticula, or pockets; protonephridia paired; testes usually numerous; penis papilla generally present; nervous system with 3–4 trunks; nearly 800 species