Etymology

telotroch

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Today it means: a posterior tuft of cilia in a trochophore larva Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτροχός
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέλος
  3. English todaytelotroch

From telo- + -troch, from Ancient Greek τέλος (télos) + Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτέλος all →

telostelencephalontelophaseteleophobiatelestialtelestichtelishtelishmenttelo-telocoeltelokintelomer

Ancient Greekτροχός all →

trucktrochetrochusmyriotrochidtelotrochaltrochaltrocho-

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