planulate


plan·u·la

P0353400 (plăn′yə-lə)n. pl. plan·u·lae (-lē′) The flat, free-swimming, ciliated larva of a cnidarian.
[New Latin plānula, from Latin, feminine diminutive of plānus, flat (from its shape); see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
plan′u·lar, plan′u·late′ (-lāt′) adj.

planulate

(ˈplænjʊlət) adj (Zoology) zoology palaeontol flat