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1 definition for Helminthes From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Helminthes \Hel*min"thes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a worm.]
(Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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