TURBELLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turbellaria mean? 

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

1. free-living flatworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURBELLARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free-living flatworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Turbellaria; Turbellaria

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Turbellaria"):

planaria; planarian (free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts)

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

phylum Platyhelminthes; Platyhelminthes (flatworms)