noun
- free-living flatworms that are typically aquatic and have ciliated surfaces for movement
Usage: biology; zoology
Examples
- Turbellarians are commonly found in freshwater ponds and streams.
- The biology class studied turbellarians under the microscope.
- Most turbellarians are predators that feed on small organisms.
- Turbellarians move by gliding along surfaces using their cilia.
- The researcher collected turbellarians from the lake bottom.
- Planarians are the most well-known type of turbellarians.