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veliger

veliger noun: the planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.

Noun

veliger (plural veligers)

  1. The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
    • In 2025, state officials reported veligers in Long Lake, DeMontreville Lake, and Olson Lake, a connected trio of lakes near Pine Springs, after previously documenting adult mussels in Long Lake. Later that summer, Cedar Lake in Scott County and Big Marine Lake in Washington County were also listed...2026 February 16, Wayne Hall, “Zebra Mussels Confirmed in Tanners Lake, Threatening Recreation in Twin Cities Metro”, in The Traveler, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026

Forms of veliger

pluralveligers

Origin of veliger

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

Questions about veliger

What does veliger mean?
Veliger means the planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
What part of speech is veliger?
Veliger is a noun.
What is the plural of veliger?
The plural of veliger is veligers.

Words near veliger in the dictionary

  1. veliferid
  2. veliferids
  3. veliferous
  4. velifers
  5. veliform
  6. veliger
  7. veligerous
  8. veligers
  9. veligrotug
  10. veliid
  11. veliids

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