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VELIGER
Etymology
Noun
veliger (plural veligers)
(zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
Source: Wiktionary
Vel"i*ger, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. velum a veil + gerere bear.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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