turbellarian

turbellarian
/terr'beuh lair"ee euhn/, adj.
1. belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
n.
2. a turbellarian platyhelminth.
[1875-80; < NL Turbellari(a) (L turbell(ae) a stir, row (pl. dim. of turba turmoil) + -aria, neut. pl. of -ARIUS -ARY) + -AN]

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