veligerousadj.
/viːˈlɪdʒərəs/ Zoology.
Of certain larval forms: Bearing, or furnished with, a velum.
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veligerous1877
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 485 It is obvious that the two have, in common with..the Annelida, the ciliated or veligerous larval form.
1880 F. M. Balfour Treat. Compar. Embryol. I. 192 In prosobranchiate Gasteropods..the free-swimming veligerous larva may have a long existence.
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