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glochidium
glo·chid·i·um [ glō kíddee əm ] (plural glo·chid·i·a [ glō kíddee ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. barbed hair or bristle: a barbed hair or bristle that grows on plants such as the prickly pear or among the spores on ferns
2. mussel larva: a parasitic larva of some mussels that has hooks or suckers used to attach itself to the fins or gills of fish. Family Unionidae.
[Late 19th century. < modern Latin< Greek glōkhis "arrowhead"]

glo·chid·i·al adjective
glo·chid·i·ate [ glō kíddee ət ] adjective
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