flatworm /flat·worm/ (flat´wurm) an individual organism of the phylum Platyhelminthes.
flat·worm (fl t wûrm )n. Any of various worms of the phylum Platyhelminthes, including the parasitic tapeworms and flukes, characteristically having a soft, flat, bilaterally symmetrical body and no body cavity. Also called platyhelminth. |
flatworm
any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes—the flukes or trematodes, and the cestodes or tapeworms of domestic animals.
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