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Planorbidae

noun pl Pla·nor·bi·dae \plə-ˈnr-bə-ˌdē\

Medical Definition of PLANORBIDAE

:  a family of freshwater pulmonate snails having a single pair of tentacles with an eye at the base of each and gills as well as lungs and including numerous forms important as intermediate hosts of pathogenic trematode worms—see planorbis
pla·nor·bid \-bəd\ adjective or noun

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