flatworms

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• flatworms — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• flatworms — Classes Trematoda, Turbellaria and Cestoda; Platyhelminthes …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• flatworms — n. tapeworm, worm with a flat soft body …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Nemertea — For the Romanian village that bears this name, see Gura Teghii. Nemertea …   Wikipedia

• Planarian — 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 …   Wikipedia

• regeneration — /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 …   Universalium

• reproductive 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… …   Universalium

• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium