platyhelminthic

Variant of platyhelminth

platyhelminth definition

platy·hel·minth (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

Etymology: platy- + helminth

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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