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Webster 1913 Edition


Platyelminthes


Platˊy-el-min′thes

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Platy-
, and
Helminthes
.]
(Zool.)
A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also
flatworms
.