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De - Pt| English Dictionary: enthelminthes | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Enthelmintha \[d8]En`thel*min"tha\, Enthelminthes \En`thel*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] within + [?], [?], worm.] (Zo[94]l.) Intestinal worms. See {Helminthes}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Helminthes \[d8]Hel*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a worm.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the grand divisions or branches of the animal kingdom. It is a large group including a vast number of species, most of which are parasitic. Called also {Enthelminthes}, {Enthelmintha}. Note: The following classes are included, with others of less importance: Cestoidea (tapeworms), Trematodea (flukes, etc.), Turbellaria (planarians), Acanthocephala (thornheads), Nematoidea (roundworms, trichina, gordius), Nemertina (nemerteans). See {Plathelminthes}, and {Nemathelminthes}. | |
