noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
2. 2
   parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

platyhelminth

Example

More examples

"A decapitated planarian flatworm grows a new brain complete with all its old memories."

Etymology

From flat + worm, a calque of translingual Platyhelminthes.

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