PLATYHELMINTHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platyhelminthes mean? 

• PLATYHELMINTHES (noun)
  The noun PLATYHELMINTHES has 1 sense:

1. flatworms

  Familiarity information: PLATYHELMINTHES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATYHELMINTHES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flatworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

phylum Platyhelminthes; Platyhelminthes

Hypernyms ("Platyhelminthes" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Platyhelminthes"):

bladder worm (encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm)

flatworm; platyhelminth (parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body)

class Turbellaria; Turbellaria (free-living flatworms)

class Trematoda; Trematoda (parasitic flatworms (including flukes))

Cestoda; class Cestoda (tapeworms)

Holonyms ("Platyhelminthes" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)