| NOUN | animal | planarian, planaria | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms |
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| Sounds | plahneh'riyahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts. | |
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| Synonym | planaria | |
| 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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