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planaria, planarian
free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
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fluke, trematode, trematode worm
parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
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cestode, tapeworm
ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
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Fasciola hepatica, liver fluke
flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans
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Fasciolopsis buski
fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine; common in eastern Asia
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blood fluke, schistosome
flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals
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echinococcus
tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals
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taenia
tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host
