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bipinnaria
[ bahy-pi-nair-ee-uh ]
noun
, plural bi·pin·nar·i·ae [bahy-pi-, nair, -ee-ee], bi·pin·nar·i·as.
- the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of certain starfishes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bipinnaria1
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Example Sentences
The presence of two rings instead of one distinguishes the Bipinnaria from the Auricularia.
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The commonest and most thoroughly investigated form of Asteroid larva is a free-swimming form known as Bipinnaria.
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Ontologically, however, the two bands of Bipinnaria do not appear to arise from the division of a single band.
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Bipinnaria or Branchiolaria: The larval stage of starfishes.
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The egg becomes a sort of infusoria, the infusoria becomes a bipinnaria, and this produces the Asterias.
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