Veliger Definition

vēlə-jər, vĕlə-
noun
A larval mollusk that is free-swimming and has a velum.
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Other Word Forms of Veliger

Noun

Singular:
veliger
Plural:
veligers

Origin of Veliger

  • New Latin vēliger Latin vēlum velum velum Latin gerere to bear

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin velum a veil + gerere bear.

    From Wiktionary

Veliger Sentence Examples

  • A well-marked trochosphere is formed by the development of an equatorial ciliated band; and subsequently, by the disproportionate growth of the lower hemisphere, the trochosphere becomes a veliger.

  • E, The trochosphere passing to the veliger stage, dorsal view showing the formation of the primitive shell-sac.

  • From the fact that Aplysia commences its life as a free-swimming veliger with a nautiloid shell not enclosed in any way by the border of the mantle, it is clear that the enclosure of the shell in the adult is a secondary process.

  • There is a veliger stage in development, but the velum is reduced.

  • Except in Oncidium, there is no longer a veliger stage in development.

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Words Starting With

VVEVEL

Words Ending With

RERGER

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