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tornaria

American  
[tawr-nair-ee-uh] / tɔrˈnɛər i ə /

noun

  • tornarias,
    plural
  • tornariae
    plural
  1. the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.


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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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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