PLANARIAN

Meaning of PLANARIAN in English

[ plə'nɛ:rɪən ]

■ noun Zoology a free-living aquatic flatworm. [Order Tricladida.]

Origin

C19: from mod. L. Planaria (genus name), feminine of L. planarius 'lying flat'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

PLANARIAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Planaria Date: circa 1858 triclad
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLANARIAN — Any of about 3,000 species of widely distributed, mostly free-living flatworms of the family Planariidae and related families (class Turbellaria), …
Английский словарь Британика
PLANARIAN — -ēən noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Planariidae + English -an : a turbellarian worm of the family Planariidae …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLANARIAN — (n.) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.
Английский словарь Webster
PLANARIAN — ( n. ) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLANARIAN — /pleuh nair"ee euhn/ , n. Zool. any of various free-swimming, mostly freshwater flatworms of the class Turbellaria, having an undulating …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLANARIAN — n. type of flatworm which lives in water
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLANARIAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Planaria Date: circa 1858 : triclad ; especially : any of various dark-colored freshwater triclad flatworms …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLANARIAN — noun one of the planarida, or dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.
Webster English vocab
PLANARIAN — [pla.nar.i.an] n [NL Planaria] (ca. 1858): any of various dark-colored freshwater triclad flatworms (family Planariidae) with two eyespots and a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLANARIAN — any of a group of widely distributed, mostly free-living flatworms of the invertebrate class Turbellaria (phylum Platyhelminthes). Planaria is the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PLANARIAN — planarian BrE AmE plə ˈneər i‿ən AmE \ -ˈner- -ˈnær- ▷ planarian|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLANARIAN — n. any flatworm of the class Turbellaria, usu. living in fresh water. [mod.L Planaria the genus-name, fem. of L planarius …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLANARIAN — n. any flatworm of the class Turbellaria, usu. living in fresh water. [ mod.L Planaria the genus-name, fem. of L …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLANARIAN — n. any flatworm of the class Turbellaria, usu. living in fresh water. Etymology: mod.L Planaria the genus-name, fem. of L …
Oxford English vocab
PLANARIAN — n. Any of about 3,000 species of widely distributed, mostly free-living flatworms of the family Planariidae and related families (class …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PLANARIAN — n. Pronunciation: - ē - ə n Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Planaria Date: circa 1858 : TRICLAD especially : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLATHELMINTHE — plat·helminthe n [Zool.] flatworm, planarian, platyhelminth; plathelminthes Platyhelminthes
Interlingua English vocab
TURBELLARIAN — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin turbellae (plural) bustle, stir, diminutive of turba confusion, crowd; from the tiny eddies created in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TRICLAD — noun see: clad- Date: 1888 any of an order (Tricladida) of turbellarian flatworms (as a planarian) having an intestine with …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLATWORM — or platyhelminth Any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of soft-bodied, usually much-flattened Flatworms live in a variety of marine, freshwater, and …
Английский словарь Британика
TRICLAD — I. ˈtrīˌklad adjective Etymology: New Latin Tricladida : of or relating to the Tricladida II. noun ( -s ) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRICLADIDA — ̷ ̷ˈkladədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from tri- + clad- + -ida : an order of Turbellaria comprising …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLANARIOID — pləˈna(a)rēˌȯid adjective Etymology: planari an + -oid : resembling a planarian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLANARIFORM — -rəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: planari an + -form : shaped like a planarian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLANARIA — pləˈna(a)rēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from feminine of Late Latin planarius lying on a plane, from Latin planum 1. capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORTHOKINESIS — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from orth- + kinesis : random movement (as of a planarian) in response to a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUGESIA — d(y)üˈjēzh(ē)ə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Antoine-Louis Dugès died 1838 French physician and zoologist + New Latin -ia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLANARIA — noun ( plural -ia also -ias ) Etymology: New Latin, from feminine of Late Latin planarius lying on a plane, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLANARIA — [pla.nar.ia] n [NL, fr. fem. of LL planarius lying on a plane, fr. L planum plane] (ca. 1909): planarian; esp: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLATWORM — also called Platyhelminth, any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of soft-bodied, usually much-flattened worms, including both free-living and parasitic species. Flatworms …
Britannica English vocabulary
FISSION — in biology, the general process of cell division. If two daughter cells are formed, the process is called binary fission. …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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