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Roundworm vs Flatworm - What's the difference?

roundworm | flatworm |

As nouns the difference between roundworm and flatworm

is that roundworm is an invertebrate animal of the phylum nematoda and other similar phyla many species of roundworms are parasites while 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.

roundworm

English

(wikipedia roundworm) (Nematoda)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.

    • Synonyms

    * nematode

    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.