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Webster 1913 Edition
Turbellaria
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Turˊbel-la′ri-a
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., dim. fr. L.
turbo
a whirling.] (Zool.)
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 2024
Turbellaria
Turbellaria
See also: turbellaria
Translingual
Proper noun
Turbellaria
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes – the free-living flatworms.
Usage notes
- Recent evidence indicates that the class is paraphyletic and thus subject to major revision as to membership.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Archoophora, Catenulida, Haplopharyngida, Lecithoepitheliata, Macrostomida, Polycladida, Prolecithophora, Rhabdocoela, Seriata, Tricladida - orders and subclasses