triclad

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English[edit]

Dugesia subtentaculata, a triclad

Noun[edit]

triclad (plural triclads)

  1. Any of the turbellarian flatworms of order Tricladida.
    • 1991, E. A. Kabotyanski, L. P. Nezlin, D. A. Sakharov, “8: Serotonin neurones in the planarian pharynx”, in D. A. Sakharov, W. Winlow, editors, Studies in Neuroscience: Simpler Nervous Systems, Manchester University Press, page 138:
      Planarians (freshwater triclads) are turbellarian flatworms widely used in experimental biology.
    • 2005, Allan Pentecost, Travertine‎[1], page 187:
      The triclads Dugesia, Polycelis and Planaria have been encountered (Durrenfeldt 1978) though Minckley (1963) mentions the avoidance of Dugesia in carbonate-depositing areas.
    • 2014, György Kriska, Freshwater Invertebrates in Central Europe: A Field Guide, Springer, page 36:
      The body length of adult triclads (Tricladida) chiefly exceeds 6 mm.

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