TURBELLARIAN


Meaning of TURBELLARIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtər-bə-ˈler-ē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Latin turbellae (plural) 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

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