planaria
[plə'nærɪr]
- n. 真涡虫；[无脊椎] 涡虫（等于Turbellaria）
英英释义
- 1. free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
英文词源
- Planaria (n.)
- flat worm-like animal, 1819, from Modern Latin (1776) noun use of fem. of Latin planarius, literally "on level ground" (here used to mean "flat"), from planum, planus "flat, level, even, plain" (see plane (n.1)). Related: Planarian.