tricladadj.n.
/ˈtrʌɪklad//ˈtrɪkləd/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the division Triclada or Tricladida of turbellarian worms, having a main intestine with three branches.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > of or belonging to class Turbellaria > belonging to division Tricladida
triclad1888
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 579 Bundles of dorso-ventral muscle-fibres, &c. in Nemertea and Triclad Turbellaria.
B. n.
A worm of this division. (Cf. polyclad adj. and n.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Turbellaria > member of division Triclada or Tricladida
triclad1888
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 672 Transverse fission has been observed in the Triclads Planaria subtentaculata..and Polycœlis cornuta.
1909 J. W. Jenkinson Exper. Embryol. 273 The reunion of separated blastomeres in Triclads.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.n.1888