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Planaria

noun
(pl. L. planariae, E. planarias)
1.
Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts.  Synonym: planarian.






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... in the scale of classification was made by Darwin himself, as described in the following passage from his letter to Henslow, written from Monte Video, Aug. 15, 1832: "Amongst the lower animals nothing has so much interested me as finding two species of elegantly coloured true Planaria inhabiting the dewy forest! The false relation they bear to snails is the most extraordinary thing of the kind I have ever seen." ("More Letters", ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others



Words linked to "Planaria" :   Turbellaria, flatworm, class Turbellaria, platyhelminth



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