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planula

pla·nula

UK/ˈplæn.jʊ.lə/ US/ˈplæn.jə.lə/ uncommon

noun

1.

the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates

Origin

Borrowed from Latin plānula, diminutive of plāna (“plane”).

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