flatworm

English

Etymology

From flat +‎ worm, a calque of taxonomic name Platyhelminthes.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈflæt.wəɹm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

flatworm (plural flatworms)

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

   Synonym: platyhelminth

Derived terms

• ghost flatworm

Translations

worm of Platyhelminthes

• Arabic: دُودَة مُسَطَّحَة f (dūda(t) musaṭṭaḥa)
• Azerbaijani: yastı qurd
• Bashkir: яҫы селәүсен (yaśı siläwsin)
• Basque: platelminto
• Belarusian: пло́скі чарвя́к m (plóski čarvják)
• Catalan: platihelmint m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扁形動物 / 扁形动物 (zh) (biǎnxíng dòngwù)

• Czech: ploštěnec m
• Danish: fladorm c
• Dutch: platworm (nl) m
• Esperanto: platvermo
• Finnish: laakamato (fi)
• French: ver plat (fr) m
• German: Plattwurm m
• Greek: πλατυέλμινθας (el) m (platyélminthas)
• Hungarian: laposféreg (hu)
• Hunsrik: Plattworrem m
• Icelandic: flatormur m
• Irish: péist phlánach f
• Italian: platelminte m, verme piatto m
• Japanese: 扁形動物 (ja) (へんけいどうぶつ, henkei dōbutsu)
• Kazakh: жалпақ құрт (jalpaq qurt)
• Korean: 편형동물 (pyeonhyeongdongmul)
• Macedonian: спле́скан црв m (spléskan crv)
• Navajo: chʼoshtʼą́hí
• Polish: płaziniec m anim
• Portuguese: platelminto m
• Quechua: pampa kuru
• Russian: пло́ский червь (ru) m (plóskij červʹ)
• Slovak: ploskavec m
• Spanish: platelminto (es) m, gusano plano m
• Tagalog: lapyulod
• Tamil: தட்டைப்புழு (taṭṭaippuḻu)
• Thai: หนอนตัวแบน (nɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-bɛɛn)
• Turkish: yassı solucan
• Ukrainian: пло́ский черв m (plóskyj červ)
• Vietnamese: giun dẹp, sán (vi)