English Dictionary: glochidia | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Glochidium \[d8]Glo*chid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Glochidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the point of an arrow.] (Zo[94]l.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills. |