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Definition of flatworms

flatworms
Platyelminthes Plat`y*el*min"thes, n. pl. [NL. See Platy-, and Helminthes.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms.
Flatworm
Flatworm Flat"worm`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

Meaning of flatworms from wikipedia

- simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates commonly called flatworms or flat worms. Being acoelomates (having no body cavity), and having no...
- feed on mollusks. These flatworms can track their prey. When captured, earthworms begin to react to the attack, but the flatworm uses the muscles in its...
- Genus of flatworms...
- Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two...
- individual has both egg-producing ovaries and sperm-producing testes. The flatworms "fence" using extendable two-headed dagger-like stylets. These stylets...
- cutting the trained flatworms in two he ground them into small pieces and fed them to other flatworms. He reported that the flatworms learned to ****ociate...
- Union. The ventral surface of the flatworm is a pale buff colour while the dorsal surface is dark brown. Young flatworms vary in colour from white to pale...
- as a tumour. In zoology, it is the tissue that fills the interior of flatworms. In botany, it is some layers in the cross-section of the leaf. The term...
- Triaenophorus is a genus of flatworms belonging to the family Triaenophoridae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species:...
- Valine (Val, V) Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nematoda (roundworms). Code 14 differs from code 9 (the echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code) only by...