GLOCHIDIUM


Meaning of GLOCHIDIUM in English

[glo.chid.i.um] n, pl -ia [NL, fr. Gk glochis projecting point + NL -idium] (1882): the larva of a freshwater mussel (family Unionidae) that develops as an external parasite on fish

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