Etymology

veliger

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Today it means: The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs. Full definition →

Latin vēliger
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromvēliger“sail-bearing”
  2. English todayveliger

Borrowed from Latin vēliger (“sail-bearing”).

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