tornaria
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of tornaria
1885–90; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin torn ( us ) lathe (< Greek tórnos ) + -āria -aria
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All the larvae, all the little nauplii and tornarias, all the microscopic things, the jelly-fish.
From The Invisible Man by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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