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- taxonomic name · calque ofPlatyhelminthes
- English todayflatworm
From flat + worm, a calque of taxonomic name Platyhelminthes.
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flatworm
Today it means: Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity. Full definition →
taxonomic name Platyhelminthes