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platyhelminth

(plat′ə hel′mint̸h)

noun

any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of flat worms with a soft, unsegmented body and a flame cell system, as the planarians, tapeworms, or liver flukes; flatworm

Origin: platy- + helminth

Related Forms:

platyhelminthic adjective

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noun

See flatworm.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Platyhelminthēs, phylum name

Origin: : platy-

Origin: + Greek helmīs, helminth-, parasitic worm; see wel-² in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

platˌy·hel·minˈthic adjective

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