Geoplana

noun

Ge·​o·​plana

ˌjēōˈplānə,

-lanə,

-länə

: a large genus (the type of the family Geoplanidae) of chiefly tropical terrestrial triclad turbellarian worms having a marginal band of eyes about the body

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ge- + Latin plana, feminine of planus flat, level

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