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Glochidium

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cingulumnounThe girdle of an alb.
lithocystnoun(zoology) A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates.
glomaleannoun(biology) Any fungus of the order Glomerales.
glomenoun(geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.
clitellumnoun(biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited.
miracidiumnoun(biology) A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst
pilidiumnoun(zoology) The free-swimming larva of certain proboscis worms, somewhat resembling a deerstalker hat. It has no resemblance to its parent, and the young worm undergoes development in its interior.
shell sacnoun(zoology) The sac in which the shell of a mollusc is secreted during development; (now especially) the fold of mantle in which a cephalopod secretes its pen or gladius.
gloeovesselnoun(mycology) A vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.
velumnoun(anatomy) The soft palate.
mysisnoun(zoology) A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.
glabellanoun(anatomy) The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
gloeocystidiumnoun(mycology) A cystidium which easily stains with a chemical reagent or has oily, resinous, granular contents.
siphonoglyphenoun(zoology) Alternative form of siphonoglyph. [A longitudinal flagellated chamber found in most cnidarians in the classes Scyphozoa and Anthozoa, extending from the mouth towards the coelenteron (body cavity).]
limbidiumnoun(bryology) A differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.
pluteusnoun(zoology) The free-swimming larvae of echinoderms.
chalimusnounThe post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host
fimbriidnoun(zoology) Any clam in the family Fimbriidae.
stragulumnoun(botany) The palea of grasses.
zoöglœanounAlternative spelling of zoogloea. [(biology) A colony or mass of bacteria embedded in a viscous gelatinous substance, characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution.]

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