NOUN | animal | planaria, planarian | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms |
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Meaning | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts. | |
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Synonym | planarian | |
Member of | Turbellaria, class Turbellaria | Free-living flatworms |
Broader | flatworm, platyhelminth | Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body |
Spanish | planaria, planariidae | |
Catalan | planaria |
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