This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
trochophore
[ trok-uh-fawr, -fohr ]
/ ˈtrɒk əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun Zoology.
a ciliate, free-swimming larva common to several groups of invertebrates, as many mollusks and rotifers.
QUIZ
ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Question 1 of 8
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Origin of trochophore
Words nearby trochophore
trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlear spine, trochoid, trochoid joint, trochophore, trod, trodden, trode, Troezen, troffer
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
British Dictionary definitions for trochophore
trochophore
trochosphere (ˈtrɒkəsˌfɪə)
/ (ˈtrɒkəˌfɔː) /
noun
the ciliated planktonic larva of many invertebrates, including polychaete worms, molluscs, and rotifers
Word Origin for trochophore
C19: from Greek trokhos wheel + -phore
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012