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turbellarian

[tur-buh-lair-ee-uhn]

adjective

belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.

noun

a turbellarian platyhelminth.

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Origin:
1875–80; < Neo-Latin Turbellari(a) (Latin turbell(ae) a stir, row (plural diminutive of turba turmoil) + -āria, neuter plural of -ārius -ary) + -an

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turbellarian (ˌtɜːbɪˈlɛərɪən)

—n
1.	any typically aquatic free-living flatworm of the class Turbellaria, having a ciliated epidermis and a simple life cycle: includes the planarians

—*adj*
2.	of, relating to, or belonging to the class Turbellaria

[C19: from New Latin Turbellāria, from Latin turbellae (pl) bustle, from turba brawl, referring to the swirling motion created in the water]

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