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Glochidium - English meaning

Glochidium – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A parasitic larva of certain freshwater bivalve molluscs, which attaches itself by hooks and suckers to the fins or gills of fish.

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Word origin

late 19th century: modern Latin, based on Greek glōkhis, glōkhid- ‘arrowhead’.

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