trochophore

[trok-uh-fawr, -fohr]

noun Zoology.

a ciliate, free-swimming larva common to several groups of invertebrates, as many mollusks and rotifers.

Origin of trochophore

1890–95; < Greek trochó(s) wheel + -phore

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British Dictionary definitions for trochophore

trochophore

trochosphere (ˈtrɒkəsˌfɪə)

noun

the ciliated planktonic larva of many invertebrates, including polychaete worms, molluscs, and rotifers

Word Origin for trochophore

C19: from Greek trokhos wheel + -phore

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