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Meaning of "trochophore" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TROCHOPHORE

From Greek trokhos wheel + -phore.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TROCHOPHORE

ˈtrɒkəˌfɔː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TROCHOPHORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trochophore is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TROCHOPHORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trochophore

A trochophore is a type of free-swimming planktonic marine larva with several bands of cilia. By moving their cilia rapidly, a water eddy is created. In this way they control the direction of their movement. Additionally, in this way they bring their food closer, in order to capture it more easily.

Definition of trochophore in the English dictionary

The definition of trochophore in the dictionary is the ciliated planktonic larva of many invertebrates, including polychaete worms, molluscs, and rotifers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TROCHOPHORE

anaphor · carpophore · carrefour · chromatophore · chromophore · conidiophore · ctenophore · iodophor · ionophore · lophophore · ommatophore · phonophore · photophore · pinafore · rhynchophore · semaphore · siphonophore · therefore · wherefor · wherefore

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TROCHOPHORE

trochanteric · troche · trocheameter · trochee · trochelminth · trochili · trochilic · trochilus · trochiscus · trochite · trochlea · trochleae · trochlear nerve · trochoid · trochoidal · trochoidally · trochometer · trochosphere · trochotron · trochus

WORDS THAT END LIKE TROCHOPHORE

aerophore · androgynophore · androphore · anthophore · fluorophore · gametophore · glucophore · gonophore · gynophore · hymenophore · melanophore · nematophore · odontophore · odoriphore · pneumatophore · rhizophore · shore · spermatophore · spirophore · sporangiophore · sporophore

Synonyms and antonyms of trochophore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trochophore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TROCHOPHORE

Find out the translation of trochophore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of trochophore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trochophore» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

担轮
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

trocófora
570 millions of speakers
en

English

trochophore
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

trochophore
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حاملة الدائرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

трохофора
278 millions of speakers
pt

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trochophore
270 millions of speakers
bn

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trochophore
260 millions of speakers
fr

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trochophore
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Trochophore
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Trochophora
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

トロコフォア
130 millions of speakers
ko

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trochophore
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Trochophore
85 millions of speakers
vi

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trochophore
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ட்ராகோபோர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रोकोफोर
75 millions of speakers
tr

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trochophore
70 millions of speakers
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trochophore
65 millions of speakers
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trochophore
50 millions of speakers
uk

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трохофора
40 millions of speakers
ro

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trochophore
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τροχοφόρου
15 millions of speakers
af

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trochophore
14 millions of speakers
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trochophore
10 millions of speakers
no

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trochophore
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trochophore

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trochophore

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROCHOPHORE»

Discover the use of trochophore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trochophore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Origins of Larvae
The larva of some bryozoans is a spheroidal trochophore, while other bryozoans may have a flattened trochophore (Fig. 7.2a) or a laterally compressed larva with a triangular, bivalved shell, called a cyphonautes (Fig. 2.1i). Trochophore larvae  ...
Donald Williamson, 2003
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Biology of the Hard Clam
In 12-14 h, at room temperature, the embryo, now an early pear-shaped trochophore, and more elongated in form than the gastrula, escapes and swims away from the gelatinous envelope in a spiral path. How escape occurs, has not been ...
John Norman Kraeuter, Michael Castagna, 2001
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Horizontal Gene Transfer
Others spend weeks in the plankton either as a trochophore or as a shelled larva called a cyphonautes, and, in these cases, the subsequent metamorphosis is drastic. The larva, whether trochophore or cyphonautes, has well developed ...
Michael Syvanen, Clarence I. Kado, 2001
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Marine Biology
THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE TROCHOPHORE OF HARMOTHOE IMBRICATA P. L. HOLBOROW Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews , Scotland INTRODUCTION The annelid trochophore has been studied with the light ...
D. J. Crisp, 1971
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Animal Diversity
A generalized trochophore larva. Molluscs and annelids with primitive embryonic development have trochophore larvae, as do several other phyla. Most molluscs have a pair of kidneys (metanephridia), a type of nephridium in which the inner ...
Cleveland P. Hickman, Larry S. Roberts, Allan Larson, 2003
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Biology Of Helminthes
The trochophore theory, elaborately developed by Hatschek (1857), is to the effect that the trochophore is the larva of an ancestral form, the irochozoon, which was the common ancestor of most, if not all, the bilateral phyla, and which, of living ...
D.R. Khanna, 2004
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The Ultrastructure and Phylogeny of Insect Spermatozoa
Onychophora appear to have diverged from the annelidan-arthropodan line at a very remote period, before the modern annelids had acquired a characteristic trochophore larva (my italics). Whether protoannelids possessed a trochophore or ...
Barrie Gillean Molyneux Jamieson, 1987
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Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Third Edition
Polyplacophora Trochophore Aplacophora Trochophore Bivalvia Trochophore, veliger, pericalymma Scaphopoda Trochophore and veliger Cephalopoda Incomplete None Arthropoda Superficial/holoblastic spiral Merostomata Trilobite  ...
Michael J. Kennish, 2000
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Invertebrate Relationships: Patterns in Animal Evolution
But if the mouth appears below the ring we have a trochophore, even though the secondary nature of the mouth should characterise a deuterostome. It is probably true that the relation between ciliary bands and mouth is much more variable ...
Pat Willmer, 1990
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Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: A Guide to ...
Late Trochophore Larva The trochophore larva is recognized by its ciliary bands. The example shown is typical, but there is considerable variability in appearance among different polychaete families. The ciliary bands gradually disappear.
William S. Johnson, Dennis M. Allen, 2012

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROCHOPHORE»

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Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca …
Periostracum and shell secretion (grey) is continuous throughout development since the onset of shell field formation in the trochophore stage. Both muscle (red) ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
2
Where am I? > Home > Wildlife > Leeches...and Limpets...and Wo...
... segmented worms and even earthworms, most of which develop from an egg to an intermediate larval stage called a trochophore before metamorphosing to ... «Environmental News Network, Dec 12»
3
New genomes hint at evolution's slimy past
This scanning electron microscope image shows an 18-hour-old trochophore of the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea. (Credit: Eric Edsinger-Gonzales, UC Berkeley). «Futurity: Research News, Dec 12»
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What do leeches, limpets and worms have in common?
Scanning electron microscope image of an 18-hour-old trochophore of the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea. Image courtesy of Eric Edsinger-Gonzales, UC Berkeley. «UC Berkeley, Dec 12»
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Giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
The fertilised eggs quickly enter a swimming stage (where they are known as trochophores), before entering a planktonic stage. During this stage, the larvae, ... «ARKive, Apr 11»
6
Clams: the wonder of their reproduction
The first stage of larval clamhood is known as a trochophore, these look like little flying saucers or tops with a fringe of cilia (tiny hairs) around the edge. «Seacoastonline.com, Jun 09»
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Acoel development indicates the independent evolution of the …
Our results indicate that the expression in the foregut of the trochophore and tornaria larva was inherited from a bilaterian ancestor in which a larval form was ... «Nature.com, Sep 08»
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Horizontal endosymbiont transmission in hydrothermal vent …
We examined several segmented trochophore larvae (200–250 µm in length) (Supplementary Fig. 1). These animals had a larval locomotory ciliary girdle ... «Nature.com, May 06»
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