platyhelminth

[plat-i-hel-minth]

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noun

any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.

platyhelminth

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noun

any invertebrate of the phylum Platyhelminthes (the flatworms)

platyhelminth

See flatworm

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Other Word Forms

platyhelminthic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of platyhelminth¹

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of platyhelminth¹

C19: from New Latin Platyhelmintha flatworm, from _platy- + Greek helmins worm

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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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platyfish Platyhelminthes

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