- phylum Platyhelminthes
- nounflatworms• Syn: ↑Platyhelminthes• Hypernyms: ↑phylum• Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom• Member Meronyms:
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phylum Platyhelminthes
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Phylum — For other uses, see Phyla … Wikipedia
Platyhelminthes — noun flatworms • Syn: ↑phylum Platyhelminthes • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom • … Useful english dictionary
platyhelminthes — n. flatworm, any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes … English contemporary dictionary
Phylum — Embranchement (biologie) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Embranchement (homonymie). En systématique, l embranchement (en anglais phylum) est le deuxième niveau de classification classique (c est à dire n utilisant pas la notion de Rang) des… … Wikipédia en Français
Platyhelminthes — A phylum of flatworms that are bilaterally symmetric, flattened, and acelomate. There is no digestive tract in some platyhelminths (Cestoda), or the gut may be incomplete (without an anus), as in the Trematoda; most of the forms are… … Medical dictionary
Platyhelminthes — n. pl. [Gr. platys, flat; helminthos, of worms] A phylum of acoelomate animals commonly called flatworms, including the flukes, tapeworms and turbellarians … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Platyhelminthes — /plat ee hel min theez/, n. a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms. [1900 05; < NL (pl.); see PLATYHELMINTH] * * * … Universalium
Flatworm — Taxobox name = Platyhelminthes image width = 240px image caption = Bedford s flatworm, Pseudobiceros bedfordi regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa Body Plan = Bilateria superphylum = Platyzoa phylum = Platyhelminthes phylum authority =… … Wikipedia
animal — animalic /an euh mal ik/, animalian /an euh may lee euhn, mayl yeuhn/, adj. /an euh meuhl/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well defined shape and usually limited growth, can move… … Universalium
flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… … Universalium
