platyhelminth

American

[plat-i-hel-minth] / ˌplæt ɪˈhɛl mɪnθ /

noun

any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.

platyhelminth British

/ ˌplætɪˈhɛlmɪnθ /

noun

any invertebrate of the phylum Platyhelminthes (the flatworms)

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platyhelminth Scientific

/ plăt′ĭ-hĕl′mĭnth /

See flatworm

Other Word Forms

platyhelminthic adjective

Etymology

Origin of platyhelminth

First recorded in 1875–80, platyhelminth is from the New Latin word Platyhelmintha flatworm. See platy-, helminth

Example Sentences

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Rarely the nephridium does not communicate with the coelom; in such cases the nephridium ends in a single cell, like the “flame cell” of a Platyhelminth worm, in which there is a lumen blocked at the coelomic end by a tuft of fine cilia projecting into the lumen.

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