flatworm

English

Etymology

From flat +‎ worm, a calque of translingual Platyhelminthes.

Noun

flatworm (plural flatworms)

1. 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

Translations

worm of Platyhelminthes

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: ploštěnec m
• Esperanto: platvermo
• Finnish: laakamato (fi)
• French: ver plat (fr) m
• German: Plattwurm m
• Hungarian: laposféreg (hu)
• Hunsrik: Plattworrem m
• Irish: péist phlánach f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: спле́скан црв m (spléskan crv)
• Navajo: chʼoshtʼą́hí
• Polish: płaziniec m
• Portuguese: platelminto m
• Russian: пло́ский червь (ru) m (plóskij červʹ)
• Slovak: ploskavec m
• Spanish: platelminto (es) m, gusano plano m
• Tagalog: lapyulod
• Thai: หนอนตัวแบน (nɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-bɛɛn)