flatworm

Other forms of flatworm

plural

flatworms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about flatworm

What does flatworm mean?

flatworm means "parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body".

How many syllables are in flatworm?

flatworm has 2 syllables: flat-worm. The stress falls on "flat". In IPA it is /ˈflætwɚm/.

What is another word for flatworm?

Close synonyms include platyhelminth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flatworm a common word?

flatworm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.