platyhelminth (redirected from platyhelminthic)

plat·y·hel·minth  (plt-hlmnth)

n.

See flatworm.

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[From New Latin Platyhelminths, phylum name : platy- + Greek helms, helminth-, parasitic worm; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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platy·hel·minthic adj.

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platyhelminth [ˌplætɪˈhɛlmɪnθ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any invertebrate of the phylum Platyhelminthes (the flatworms)

[from New Latin Platyhelmintha flatworm, from platy- + Greek helmins worm]

platyhelminthic  adj

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platyhelminth  (plt-hlmnth)

See flatworm.

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Noun

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platyhelminth - parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body flatworm flame cell - organ of excretion in flatworms 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 phylum Platyhelminthes, Platyhelminthes - flatworms planaria, planarian - free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts trematode, trematode worm, fluke - 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