单词 | trochophore |
释义 | trochophore/ˈtrəʊkə(ʊ)fɔː![]() noun Zoology The planktonic larva of certain invertebrates, including some molluscs and polychaete worms, having a roughly spherical body, a band of cilia, and a spinning motion.Polychaetes usually have separate sexes; many polychaetes hatch into a particular type of planktonic larva, the trochophore, which later metamorphoses into a juvenile annelid....
OriginLate 19th century: from Greek trokhos 'wheel' + -phore. |
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