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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veliger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
veliger
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēliger (“sail-bearing”).

Inflected Forms

veligers (plural)

Questions

What does veliger mean?
The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
Where does veliger come from?
Borrowed from Latin vēliger (“sail-bearing”).

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