flatworm

English

Etymology

From flat +‎ worm.

Noun

flatworm (plural flatworms)

Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
Synonym: plathelminth

Translations

worm of Platyhelminthes

Finnish: laakamato (fi)
Irish: péist phlánach f
Navajo: chʼoshtʼą́hí
Polish: płaziniec m

Portuguese: platelminto m
Russian: пло́ский червь (ru) m (plóskij červʹ)
Spanish: platelminto (es) m, gusano plano m
Tagalog: lapyulod

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