Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Planaria


Pla-na′ri-a

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Planariæ
(#)
, E.
-rias
(#)
.
[NL. See
Planary
.]
(Zool.)
Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to
Planaria
, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.

Definition 2024


planaria

planaria

See also: planária

English

Noun

planaria

  1. plural of planarium
    • 2007 December 11, Henry Fountain, “The Gene That Tells Planaria Worms Which End Is Up”, in New York Times:
      The flatworms known as planaria have long amazed scientists with their capacity for regeneration.

Latin

Adjective

plānāria

  1. feminine nominative singular of plānārius
  2. feminine vocative singular of plānārius
  3. neuter nominative plural of plānārius
  4. neuter accusative plural of plānārius
  5. neuter vocative plural of plānārius

plānāriā

  1. feminine ablative singular of plānārius

References

  • planaria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Verb

planaria

  1. first-person singular (eu) conditional of planar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) conditional of planar

Spanish

Noun

planaria f (plural planarias)

  1. planarian