- veliger
- noun Etymology: New Latin, from velum + -ger bearing, from gerere to bear Date: 1877 a larval mollusk in the stage when it has developed the velum
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Veliger — Vel i*ger, n. [NL., fr. L. velum a veil + gerere bear.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
veliger — VELIGÉR, Ă adj. (despre moluşte) prevăzut cu velum (2). (< fr. véligère) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
Veliger — Veligerlarve von Dolabrifera, zwei Cilien sind sichtbar Veliger ist die Bezeichnung für die Larvenform von Weichtieren, genauer von Scaphopoda, Bivalvia und Gastropoda. Veligerlarven sind Teil des freischwimmenden Planktons. Kennzeichnendes… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Veliger — A veliger is the free swimming, planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and fresh water gastropod molluscs, as well as a number of bivalves ( Dreissena species ). Swimming is accomplished by one or more ciliated membranes. External links * [http … Wikipedia
veliger — /vee li jeuhr/, n. a larval stage of certain mollusks, intermediate between the trochophore and the adult form. [1875 80; < NL; see VELUM, I , GEROUS] * * * ▪ mollusk larva larva typical of certain mollusks such as marine snails and… … Universalium
Veliger — Ve|li|ger die; <zu lat. veliger »Segel tragend«, dies zu velum (vgl. ↑Velum) u. gerere »mit sich führen«> vorwiegend im Plankton frei schwimmende Larvenform der Meeresschnecken u. anderer Weichtiere (Biol.) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
veliger — n. [L. velum, curtain; gerere, to bear] (MOLLUSCA) A larval stage with a ciliated swimming membrane or membranes; a free swimming young bearing a velum … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
veliger — Free living larval form of some invertebrates, develops from the trochophore larva … Dictionary of molecular biology
veliger — ► femenino ZOOLOGÍA Forma larvaria de la mayoría de los moluscos … Enciclopedia Universal
veliger — n. larval stage of some mollusks when developing the velum … English contemporary dictionary
