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Webster 1913 Edition

Veliger

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Vel′i-ger

(vĕl′ĭ-jẽr)

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

velum

a veil +

gerere

bear.]

(Zool.)

Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the stage when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.