Convoluta

noun

Con·​vo·​lu·​ta

ˌkänvəˈlütə

: a genus of marine acoelous flatworms (the type of the family Convolutidae) including a number of forms having symbiotic algae in the parenchyma

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, feminine of convolutus

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