PLATYHELMINTH


Meaning of PLATYHELMINTH in English

[platy.hel.minth] n [ultim. fr. Gk platys broad, flat + helminth-, helmis helminth] (ca. 1890): any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of soft-bodied usu. much flattened acoelomate worms (as the planarians, flukes, and tapeworms)--called also flatworm -- platy.hel.min.thic adj

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