Main Entry:

tur·bel·lar·i·an

Pronunciation:

\ˌtər-bə-ˈler-ē-ən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

ultimately from Latin turbellae (plural) bustle, stir, diminutive of turba confusion, crowd; from the tiny eddies created in water by the cilia

Date:

1883

: any of a class (Turbellaria) of mostly aquatic and free-living flatworms (as a planarian)

— turbellarian adjective