turbellarianadj.n.
/təːbɛˈlɛːrɪən/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Of or belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of worms inhabiting fresh or salt water or damp earth, having the body covered with vibratile cilia producing minute whirls in the water.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > of or belonging to class Turbellaria
turbellarian1879
planaridan1890
1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 580 Rhynchocœla. These are the flat worms. To one section thereof would belong the Turbellarian and Nemertean worms.
B. n.
A worm of this class; a whirl-worm.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Turbellaria > member of
rhabdocoel1862
turbellarian1883
planaridan1890
1883 Science 1 433/1 The form and armature of the tail resemble those of many turbellarians.
Derivatives
turbellariform adj. /-ˈɛərɪfɔːm/ having the form of a turbellarian.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > of or belonging to class Turbellaria > having the form of a turbellarian
turbellariform1877
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals xii. 675 The Tunicate Pharyngopneusta, with their caudate larvæ, may be supposed to stand in the same relation to the Turbellariform Pharyngopneusta, as the Trematoda, with their cercariform larvæ, to the Turbellaria.
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