Definition of planarian Planarian
/plʌnɛˈɹiʌn/ - [plunereeun] - pla•nar•i•an
We found 4 definitions of planarian from 4 different sources.
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What does planarian mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: planarians |
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| planarian - free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | ||
| planaria | ||
| flatworm, platyhelminth parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- planarian (n.)
One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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planarian
plā-nā′ri-an, adj. and n. a term practically coextensive with Turbellarian, applicable to the members of the lowest class of worm-like animals, living in fresh and salt water, and sometimes in damp earth.—adjs. Planar′iform, Planā′rioid. [L. planarius, flat.]
Part of speech
🔤- planarian, noun, singular of planarians.
