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bipinnaria

[bahy-pi-nair-ee-uh]
noun, plural bi·pin·nar·i·ae [bahy-pi-nair-ee-ee] /ˌbaɪ pɪˈnɛər iˌi/, bi·pin·nar·i·as.
  1. the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of certain starfishes.
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Origin of bipinnaria

From New Latin; see origin at bi-1, pinna, -aria
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Historical Examples

  • Bipinnaria or Branchiolaria: The larval stage of starfishes.

    The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide

    Augusta Foote Arnold

  • Thus the larv of the starfishes were called Bipinnaria, the larv of the sea-urchins Pluteus, and so on.

  • The bands of cilia have the same general form as in Bipinnaria.

  • The egg becomes a sort of infusoria, the infusoria becomes a bipinnaria, and this produces the Asterias.

    The Ocean World:

    Louis Figuier

  • The commonest and most thoroughly investigated form of Asteroid larva is a free-swimming form known as Bipinnaria.