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Noun: planaria
  1. Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
    "The planaria regrew its head after being cut in half";
    - planarian

Derived forms: planarias

Type of: flatworm, platyhelminth

Part of: class Turbellaria, Turbellaria

Encyclopedia: Planaria