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Flatworm

Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

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Cestode 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea.

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Fluke 76% connected

The European flounder. See Flounder.

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Planaria 76% connected

Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm co…

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Planarian 76% connected

One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.

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Tapeworm 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or…

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Trematode 76% connected

One of the Trematodea. Also used adjectively.

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Worm 76% connected

A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Alembic noun · 78% connection

An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: worm, belonging, plathelminthes, applied, planarians.
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Army worm unknown · 78% connection

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…

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Arrowworm noun · 78% connection

any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at ea…

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Ascarid noun · 78% connection

A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species foun…

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Bagworm noun · 78% connection

One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One s…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: worm, belonging, plathelminthes, applied, planarians.
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Balanoglossus noun · 78% connection

A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: worm, belonging, plathelminthes, applied, planarians.
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Bitterweed noun · 78% connection

A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiaefolia); Roman worm wood.

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Bob noun · 78% connection

A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: worm, belonging, plathelminthes, applied, planarians.
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Boud noun · 78% connection

A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.

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Brandlin noun · 78% connection

Same as Branlin, fish and worm.

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Branlin noun · 78% connection

A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: worm, belonging, plathelminthes, applied, planarians.
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Caburn noun · 78% connection

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

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