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flatworm

flat·worm
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flat-wurm]
    • /ˈflætˌwɜrm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flat-wurm]
    • /ˈflætˌwɜrm/

Definitions of flatworm word

  • noun flatworm any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. 1
  • noun flatworm 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. 1
  • noun flatworm tapeworm 1
  • noun flatworm 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 0
  • noun flatworm platyhelminth 0
  • noun flatworm Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity. 0
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Origin of flatworm

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; flat1 + worm

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Parts of speech for Flatworm

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flatworm popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • platyhelminth

    any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.

  • cestode

    any parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda, which includes the tapeworms

  • chinese liver fluke

    a parasitic Asian flatworm, Clonorchis sinensis, that infects the gastrointestinal tract and bile duct following ingestion of contaminated raw or insufficiently cooked freshwater fish.

  • planarian

    any of various free-swimming, mostly freshwater flatworms of the class Turbellaria, having an undulating or sluglike motion: popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts.

  • polyclad

    any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.

  • rhabdocoele

    any member of the turbellarian flatworm order Neorhabdocoela, comprising both freshwater and marine species, having a simple saclike digestive system.
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