vermiform animals (obsolete)
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vermiform animals; helminths (obsolete taxonomic category for soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates)
archaicThis is an obsolete biological term formerly used to classify various soft-bodied, elongated invertebrates (such as flatworms and annelids) before modern phylogenetic taxonomy. Now replaced by specific phylum names.
Zài在
jiù旧
de的
fēn分
lèi类
xì系
tǒng统
zhōng中
，
qiū蚯
yǐn蚓
hé和
zhì蛭
dōu都
bèi被
guī归
wéi为
rú蠕
xíng形
dòng动
wù物
。
In the old classification system, earthworms and leeches were both classified as vermiform animals.
Rú蠕
xíng形
dòng动
wù物
bāo包
kuò括
biǎn扁
xíng形
dòng动
wù物
hé和
huán环
jié节
dòng动
wù物
děng等
。
Vermiform animals include flatworms, annelids, and others.
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Xuè血
xī吸
chóng虫
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
jì寄
shēng生
xìng性
de的
rú蠕
xíng形
dòng动
wù物
。
Schistosomes are a type of parasitic vermiform animal.