Glochidium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Zoology The parasitic larva of certain freshwater mussels of the family Unionidae, having hooks for attaching to the gills or other external parts of a host fish.
  • n. Botany Variant of glochid.
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  • n. The larva or young of the mussel.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [capitalized] In zoology, a generic name given to the young of certain fresh-water mussels, as Unio and Anodonta, which are hatched in the gills of the parent, and were at one time supposed to be parasites. Rathke
  • n. In botany, a hair-like appendage to the massulæ of heterosporous Filicineæ, by which the massulæ attach themselves to the macrospores after both have been discharged into the water.
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  • n. a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prickle    spikelet    spine    pricker    sticker   
    Variant
    glochidia    glochidcia   
     
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