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Definition of Planarians
1. planarian [n] - See also: planarian
Medical Definition of Planarians
1. Nonparasitic free-living flatworms of the class turbellaria. The most common genera are dugesia, formerly planaria, which lives in water, and bipalium, which lives on land. Geoplana occurs in south america and california. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planarians
Literary usage of Planarians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Most planarians arc aquatic and the cilia that cover the body produce by their
beating a ... planarians form one of the basal groups of the animal kingdom. ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1901)
"AUSTRALIAN LAND planarians: DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES AND NOTES ON ...
In describing these land planarians I have thought it best to adhere to the old ..."
3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1888)
"But as the planarians were not, at any time, a subject of special ... As a general
rule alcoholic specimens of planarians cannot be identified with any ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1894)
"... Land planarians front Tasmania and South Australia. (With Plate X.) By ARTHUR
DENDY, D.Sc. [Read 16th November, 1893.] I.—TASMANIAN LAND planarians. ..."
5. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"... Snails, and Leeches show not the smallest difference from their nearest allies
living in water; in the land planarians, however, a creeping surface has ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Most planarians arc aquatic and the cilia that cover the body produce by their
beating a ... planarians form one of the basal groups of the animal kingdom. ..."
7. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1901)
"AUSTRALIAN LAND planarians: DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES AND NOTES ON ...
In describing these land planarians I have thought it best to adhere to the old ..."
8. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1888)
"But as the planarians were not, at any time, a subject of special ... As a general
rule alcoholic specimens of planarians cannot be identified with any ..."
9. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1894)
"... Land planarians front Tasmania and South Australia. (With Plate X.) By ARTHUR
DENDY, D.Sc. [Read 16th November, 1893.] I.—TASMANIAN LAND planarians. ..."
10. The Natural Conditions of Existence as They Affect Animal Life by Carl Semper (1883)
"... Snails, and Leeches show not the smallest difference from their nearest allies
living in water; in the land planarians, however, a creeping surface has ..."
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