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veliger Zool.|ˈviːlɪdʒə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -ger bearing. Cf. L. vēliger sail-bearing.]
A molluscan larva furnished with a velum or ciliated swimming-membrane. Also attrib.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 497 In the great majority of the Odontophora, the young leaves the egg as a veliger very similar to that of the Lamellibranchiata. 1878F. J. Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 319 The Veliger stage is not always developed. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 654/2 In development they pass through the typical trochosphere and veliger stages provided with boat-like shell. |