GLOCHIDIUM


Meaning of GLOCHIDIUM in English

noun (plural glochidia) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek glōchis projecting point + New Latin -idium Date: 1875 the larva of a freshwater mussel (family Unionidae) that develops as an external parasite on fish

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