PLANULA


Meaning of PLANULA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplan-yə-lə ]

noun

( plural plan·u·lae -ˌlē, -ˌlī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin planus level, flat — more at floor

Date: 1870

: the very young usually flattened oval or oblong free-swimming ciliated larva of a coelenterate

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.