trochophore larva

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• trochophore — [träk′ə fôr΄] n. [Gr trochos, a wheel (see TROCHE) + PHORE] a free swimming ciliated larva of several invertebrate groups, including many marine annelid worms, mollusks, brachiopods, and nemerteans …   English World dictionary

• trochophore — /trok euh fawr , fohr /, n. Zool. a ciliate, free swimming larva common to several groups of invertebrates, as many mollusks and rotifers. [1890 95; < Gk trochó(s) wheel + PHORE] * * * ▪ larva also called  trochosphere        small, translucent,… …   Universalium

• Trochophore — [ right|thumb|trochophore A episphere B hyposphere 1 ganglia 2 apical tuft 3 prototroch 4 metatroch 5 nephridium 6 anus 8 gastrointestinal tract 9 buccal opening 10 blastocoele] A trochophore (pronEng|ˈtrɒkəfɔər; also spelled trocophore) is a… …   Wikipedia

• trochophore — ˈträkəˌfō(ə)r, fȯ(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin trochophora : a free swimming larva characteristic of various aquatic invertebrates (as many worms, rotifers, mollusks) in typical cases having a bilaterally symmetrical ovoid or pyriform body …   Useful english dictionary

• trochophore — 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) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• trochophore — n. [Gr. trochos, wheel; phora, bearing] An invertebrate free swimming larva found in many groups, marine turbellarians, nemerteans, brachiopods, phoronids, bryozoans, mollusks, sipunculids, and annelids, commonly pear shaped and provided with a… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• trochophore — noun The free swimming larva of some invertebrates that have a circlet of cilia …   Wiktionary

• trochophore — troch•o•phore [[t]ˈtrɒk əˌfɔr, ˌfoʊr[/t]] n. zool. a ciliate, free swimming larva common to several groups of invertebrates, as many mollusks and rotifers • Etymology: 1890–95; < Gk trochó(s) wheel + phore …   From formal English to slang

• trochophore — /ˈtrɒkəfɔ/ (say trokuhfaw) noun a ciliate free swimming larva common to several invertebrate groups. {Greek trochos wheel + phore} …  

• prototrochula larva — (PLATYHELMINTHES: Turbellaria) A free swimming larva of some Polycladida supposed to be a precursor of the trochophore larva of other animals …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• mitraria larva — (ANNELIDA: Polychaeta) Post trochophore larva of Owenia with three hypertrophied setae for defense or floatation …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology