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Noun: planarian  plu'nehreeun
  1. Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
    - planaria

Derived forms: planarians

Type of: flatworm, platyhelminth

Part of: class Turbellaria, Turbellaria

Encyclopedia: Planarian