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glochidium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glochidium has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
glochidium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. the point of an arrow.].
The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills. [1913 Webster]
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