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troch·o·phore
\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 with an equatorial preoral circlet of cilia, a mouth, an intestine, an anal opening, an apical sensory plate, and sometimes nephridial tubes and a second ciliated band behind the mouth — compare müller's larva |