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Noun: planula (planulae)  pla-nyu-lu
  1. The flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
    "The planula eventually settles and develops into a polyp"

Derived forms: planulae

Type of: hydroid, hydrozoan

Encyclopedia: Planula