Pronunciation: ˌ t ə r-b ə - ' ler- ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Latin turbellae (pl.) bustle, stir, diminutive of turba confusion, crowd; from the tiny eddies created in water by the cilia
Date: 1883
: any of a class (Turbellaria) of mostly aquatic and free-living flatworms (as a planarian)
– turbellarian adjective