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planarian (iou)



planarian noun & adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Planaria genus name, from Latin planarius on level ground (used as = flat): see -AN.]
Zoology.
A. noun. Any of numerous free-living turbellarian flatworms of the division Tricladida, found in fresh or salt water or in moist earth, having flattened bodies and great powers of regeneration. M19.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a planarian or planarians. L19.
planarioid adjective of the form of or resembling a planarian M19.