Etymology

telotrochal

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Today it means: Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilia; applied to the larvae of certain annelids. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τροχός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτροχός“wheel, hoop”
  2. English todaytelotrochal

From telo- + Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel, hoop”) + -al.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτροχός all →

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