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Definition of Turbellaria
1. Noun. Free-living flatworms.
Group relationships: Phylum Platyhelminthes, Platyhelminthes
Member holonyms: Planaria, Planarian
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Turbellaria
1. n. pl. An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdocœla and Dendrocœla. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group.
Definition of Turbellaria
1. Noun. (zoology) Any member of Turbellaria; a flatworm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Turbellaria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbellaria
Literary usage of Turbellaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The larger turbellaria are more readily recognized as worms but are often ...
As early as 1776 OF Miiller separated the turbellaria and Nemertinea from the ..."
2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"turbellaria.* Soft, free-living flatworms, mostly under an inch in length, which
are found either in the water creeping slowly over stones or plants or ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"Of these the turbellaria are the most primitive, and the others have come from them.
... Class I. turbellaria. The turbellaria are small, only a few being ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"... may be divided into three branches: (1) turbellaria (including the ...
The turbellaria were so called by ..."
5. Anatomy of the Invertebrata by Carl Th. Ernst Siebold, Hermann Stannius, Waldo Irving Burnett (1854)
"The turbellaria have been shifted from one zoological system to another, ...
THE turbellaria receive their name from the ciliated epithelium, which covers ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"The same author communicated some remarks on the turbellaria and Annelida of
North Uist, ... List of turbellaria and Annelida of North Uist. ..."
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