lecithotrophicadj.
/lɛsɪθə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk//lɛkɪθə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk//lɛsɪθə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk//lɛkɪθə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk/ Of the larvæ of certain marine invertebrates, feeding on the yolk of the egg from which they have emerged.
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lecithotrophic1950
1950 G. Thorson in Biol. Rev. XXV. 10 The lecithotrophic pelagic larvae, mainly developing from fairly large yolky eggs, are of a clumsy shape, rather unfit for locomotion.
1962 D. Nichols Echinoderms x. 119 Heliocidaris has a lecithotrophic larva (feeding on stored yolk).
1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 360 Experiments refer to short-lived lecithotrophic larvae.
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