The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Planarian \Pla*na"ri*an\, n. (Zool.) One of the Planarida, or Dendroc[oe]la; any turbellarian worm. -- Pla*na"ri*an, a. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
planarian n 1: free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts [syn: planarian, planaria]