veligern.
/ˈviːlɪdʒə/ Zoology.
A molluscan larva furnished with a velum or ciliated swimming-membrane. Also attributive.
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 497 In the great majority of the Odontophora, the young leaves the egg as a veliger very similar to that of the Lamellibranchiata.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 319 The Veliger stage is not always developed.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 654/2 In development they pass through the typical trochosphere and veliger stages provided with boat-like shell.
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