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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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