"veliger" meaning in English

See veliger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: veligers [plural]
Etymology: From Latin vēliger (“sail-bearing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|vēliger||sail-bearing}} Latin vēliger (“sail-bearing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} veliger (plural veligers)
  1. (zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs. Wikipedia link: veliger Categories (topical): Zoology

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