Trochophore

Translation of "trochophore" into Russian

Noun

trochophore

trochophores pl

биол.

The fertilized eggs hatch into trochophores that drift with the plankton.

Оплодотворённые яйца превращаются в трохофоры, которые дрейфуют вместе с планктоном.

Adjective

trochophore

Used attributively (e.g., "trochophore stage")

трохофорный

биол.

The trochophore stage precedes the veliger in many molluscs.

У многих моллюсков трохофорная стадия предшествует велигеру.

Noun

A free-swimming, ciliated larval stage in the development of various marine invertebrates, especially annelids and molluscs.

The fertilized eggs hatch into trochophores that drift with the plankton.

Adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a trochophore larva or the trochophore stage.

The trochophore stage precedes the veliger in many molluscs.