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1. (n.) glochidium
a short hair, bristle, or spine having a barbed tip.
2. glochidium
the larva of a freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae: a parasite of fishes.
Etymology: (1895–1900; < NL < Gk glōch(ís) point of an arrow)
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1. (noun) glochidium, glochid
a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
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1. (noun) glochidium
the larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills
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