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Flatworm vs Polyclad - What's the difference?

flatworm | polyclad |

As nouns the difference between flatworm and polyclad

is that flatworm is any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity while polyclad is any member of the Polycladida, a highly diverse clade of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms.

flatworm

English

(wikipedia flatworm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes , having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.

    • polyclad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any member of the Polycladida , a highly diverse clade of free-living marine turbellarian flatworms.