glochidium

Noun
Synonyms: glochid

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Noun (1)glochidcia, glochidia

  1. a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)Synonyms: glochidType of spine, thorn
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Glo·chid′i·um noun; pl. Glochidia (#).

Origin: NL., fr. Gr. … the point of an arrow.

Zoology The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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