Etymology

turbellarian

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Today it means: Any flatworm of the class Turbellaria. Full definition →

translingual Turbellaria ← Latin turbellae
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromturbellae“bustle”
  2. translingual · derived fromTurbellaria
  3. English todayturbellarian

From translingual Turbellaria (from Latin turbellae (“bustle”), from turba (“confusion”)) + -an.

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