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turbellarian, a. and n. Zool.|tɜːbɛˈlɛərɪən|
[f. mod.L. Turbellāria, neuter pl. (f. L. turbella a little crowd, a bustle, stir, dim. of turba crowd) + -an.]
a. adj. Of or belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of worms inhabiting fresh or salt water or damp earth, having the body covered with vibratile cilia producing minute whirls in the water.
b. n. A worm of this class; a whirl-worm.
1879E. P. Wright Anim. Life 580 Rhynchocœla. These are the flat worms. To one section thereof would belong the Turbellarian and Nemertean worms. 1883Science I. 433/1 The form and armature of the tail resemble those of many turbellarians.
So turbellariform |-ˈɛərɪfɔːm| a., having the form of a turbellarian.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. xii. 675 The Tunicate Pharyngopneusta, with their caudate larvæ, may be supposed to stand in the same relation to the Turbellariform Pharyngopneusta, as the Trematoda, with their cercariform larvæ, to the Turbellaria. |