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Definition von flatworms im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- plural of flatworm
- platyhelminthes
- flatworm
- Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity
- flatworm
- Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians
- flatworm
- {i} tapeworm, worm with a flat soft body
- flatworm
- parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
- flatworm
- or platyhelminth Any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of soft-bodied, usually much-flattened worms, including both free-living and parasitic species. Flatworms live in a variety of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats worldwide. They range in length from much less than an inch (a fraction of a millimeter) to 50 ft (15 m) and are of three main types: turbellarians (including the planarian), trematodes (see fluke), and cestodes (see tapeworm). Flatworms are bilaterally symmetrical and lack respiratory, skeletal, and circulatory systems and a body cavity. Turbellarians are mostly free-swimming, but trematodes and cestodes are parasites