polyclad

polyclad
/pol"ee klad'/, n.
any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
[1885-90; < NL Polycladus genus name < Gk polýklados many-branched. See POLY-, CLADO-]

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