platyhelminth

Noun
  1. Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body (synset 101927557)
    is a type of: worm - any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
    subtypes:
    • planaria, planarian - free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
    • fluke, trematode, trematode worm - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
    • cestode, tapeworm - ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
    belongs to: phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes - flatworms
    has: flame cell - organ of excretion in flatworms
    same as: flatworm

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