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veligers

veligers is the plural of veliger.

Meaning of veliger

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

Questions about veligers

What is veligers the plural of?
Veligers is the plural of veliger.

Words near veligers in the dictionary

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

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