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Definition of Flatworms
1. flatworm [n] - See also: flatworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatworms
Literary usage of Flatworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"CHAPTER XII THE FREE-LIVING flatworms (TURBELLARIA) BY CAROLINE E. STRINGER Head of
... flatworms may be either cylindrical, thread-like, spindle-shaped, ..."
2. A Text-book in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"flatworms The flatworms include a great variety of forms that differ widely ...
The freshwater flatworms, found on the bottoms of ponds among the sediment ..."
3. Zoology, Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"The flatworms. [THF. word " worm " is used in a very loose and indefi-- nite way.
In popular language it is applied indiscriminately to the legless ..."
4. Zoölogy, Descriptive and Practical by Buel Preston Colton (1903)
"The flatworms. [THE word " worm " is used in a very loose and indefinite way.
In popular language it is applied indiscriminately to the legless earthworm, ..."
5. A Course in Invertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1915)
"flatworms; no anus present in most forms and body-cavity filled with a vesicular
connective ... Mostly free-living flatworms with ciliated outer surface. ..."
6. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Parasitic flatworms without cilia but with a hardened ectoderm, ... Parasitic
flatworms with the body differentiated into a head (scolex) and a chain of ..."
7. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"B. GENERAL SURVEY OF OTHER flatworms Examine the specimens provided and familiarize
yourself with the following groups of flatworms : 1. ..."
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