Send us feedback about these examples.Possible Cambrian, Ordovician and Devonian records īedford's flatworm, Pseudobiceros bedfordi

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'flatworm.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023 But regeneration of the telencephalon calls on stem cells to save the day, just like the flatworm. Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2017 Cancer took Dad in the late 1980s ironically, it was caused by schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease caused by flatworms found in the rivers of North Africa and the Middle East. Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, The newly bi-cranial creature is a flatworm of the species Dugesia japonica, one of 15 flown above the International Space Station for five weeks by Tufts University researchers. Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, At a school biology club meeting, Polyak cut up flatworms called planaria and watched their heads and tails regenerate. Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2013 And instead of conducting an underwater band, Sebastian (played by Daveed Diggs) now kicks off a massive dance party, complete with toe-tapping sea turtles, spinning mimic octopuses, waving flatworms and ascending luminescent jellyfish.

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, This flatworm has truly astonishing powers of regeneration. 2023 That’s because another predator has moved in: New Guinea flatworms. Recent Examples on the Web Planarian and the Stem Cell Method Take the flatworm, for example, also known as Planarian and one of the most impressive examples of regeneration in the animal kingdom.

Bacon-looking flat worm