free-living flatworms

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• 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

• planarian — /pleuh nair ee euhn/, n. Zool. any of various free swimming, mostly freshwater flatworms of the class Turbellaria, having an undulating or sluglike motion: popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts. [1885 60; < NL… …   Universalium

• Monogenea — Dermophthirius, a microbothriidmonogenean parasitic on elasmobranchs Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• turbellarian — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin turbellae (plural) bustle, stir, diminutive of turba confusion, crowd; from the tiny eddies created in water by the cilia Date: 1883 any of a class (Turbellaria) of mostly aquatic and free living flatworms… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Convolutidae — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom …   Wikipedia

• Tricladida — Taxobox name = Triclads image width = 200px image caption = Schmidtea mediterranea regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Turbellaria subclassis = Archoophora ordo = Tricladida ordo authority = Lang, 1884 subdivision ranks = Sub… …   Wikipedia

• Dolichomacrostomidae — An adult Dolichomacrostomum uniporum, a member of the Dolichomacrostominae Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Microstomidae — An adult Microstomum papillosum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• planarian — pla·nar·i·an ē ən n any of the family Planariidae or order Tricladida comprising small soft bodied ciliated mostly aquatic turbellarian worms planarian adj * * * pla·nar·i·an (plə narґe ən) any of the free living flatworms of the class… …   Medical dictionary

• class Turbellaria — noun free living flatworms • Syn: ↑Turbellaria • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Platyhelminthes, ↑phylum Platyhelminthes • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary