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Flatworm

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Noun

1. flatworm, platyhelminth

parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body

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Flatworm

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noun
any parasitic or free-living invertebrate of the phylum Platyhelminthes, including planarians, flukes, and tapeworms, having a flattened body with no circulatory system and only one opening to the intestine

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Flatworm

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noun
platyhelminth

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Flatworm

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n.
Any of various parasitic and nonparasitic worms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, such as a tapeworm or a planarian, characteristically having a soft, flat, bilaterally symmetrical body and no body cavity. Also called platyhelminth.

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