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Definition of: planula
(plan′yə·lə) noun plural ·lae (-lē) Zool.
The free-moving, ciliated embryo of certain coelenterates, as the hydroids. [<NL <L, dim. of planus flat]
—plan′u·lar, plan′u·late (-lit, -lāt) adjective
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