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planarian Definition

pla·nar·ian (plə ner′ē ən)

noun

any of an order (Tricladida) of small, soft-bodied, free-living, turbellarian flatworms moving by means of cilia

Etymology: < ModL Planaria, name of the genus < LL planarius, flat < L planus, plane

planarian Quotes

Like a lower form of life, like the cross-eyed planarian or squashed amoeba, the sort of creature that can't die even when it is cut to pieces.

—Theroux, Paul Edward