veligerous, a. Zool.
(viːˈlɪdʒərəs)
[Cf. prec. and -gerous.]
Of certain larval forms: Bearing, or furnished with, a velum.
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 485 It is obvious that the two have, in common with..the Annelida, the ciliated or veligerous larval form. 1880 F. M. Balfour Comp. Embryol. I. 192 In prosobranchiate Gasteropods..the free-swimming veligerous larva may have a long existence. |