PLANARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does planarian mean? 

• PLANARIAN (noun)
  The noun PLANARIAN has 1 sense:

1. free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts

  Familiarity information: PLANARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

planaria; planarian

Hypernyms ("planarian" is a kind of...):

flatworm; platyhelminth (parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body)

Holonyms ("planarian" is a member of...):

class Turbellaria; Turbellaria (free-living flatworms)