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Trichoplax
noun
Tricho·plax
\ˈtrikəˌplaks\
Definition of Trichoplax
: a genus of minute marine animals that are sometimes classed among the Mesozoa but are probably larval hydrozoans and that have a completely ciliated discoid body composed of three layers of cells but not otherwise differentiated
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Origin and Etymology of trichoplax
New Latin, from trich- + Greek plax flat surface
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