TROCHOPHORE


Meaning of TROCHOPHORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈträ-kə-ˌfȯr ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek trochos wheel + pherein to carry — more at bear

Date: 1892

: a free-swimming ciliate larva occurring in several invertebrate groups (as the polychaete worms and mollusks)

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