ˌpälēˈkladədə, -lə̇ˈk- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Polycladus, type genus (from Greek polyklados with many branches, from poly- + klados sprout, branch, twig) + New Latin -ida — more at gladiator
: an order of Turbellaria comprising broad flattened often brightly colored marine flatworms in which the alimentary tract has many primary branches radiating from a central cavity, the ovaries and testes are numerous, and no vitellarium is developed