flatworms
1flatworms — Platyelminthes Plat y*el*min thes, n. pl. [NL. See {Platy }, and {Helminthes}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also {flatworms}. [1913 Webster] …
2flatworms — Classes Trematoda, Turbellaria and Cestoda; Platyhelminthes …
3flatworms — n. tapeworm, worm with a flat soft body …
4Flatworm — 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 =… …
5flatworm — /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… …
6animal — 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… …
7Nemertea — For the Romanian village that bears this name, see Gura Teghii. Nemertea …
8Planarian — Polycelis felina, a freshwater planarian Planarian is the common name given to many non parasitic flatworms of Turbellaria class.[1] It is also the common name for a member of the genus Planaria within the family Planariidae. Sometimes it also …
9regeneration — /ri jen euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. act of regenerating; state of being regenerated. 2. Electronics. a feedback process in which energy from the output of an amplifier is fed back to the grid circuit to reinforce the input. 3. Biol. the restoration or …
10reproductive system, animal — Introduction any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce. The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …
