telotroch

noun

telo·​troch

plural -s

1

a

: the preanal tuft of cilia in a trochophore larva

b

: a ciliated girdle at the hinder end of an actinotrocha or of the tornaria of hemichordates

2

: telotrocha

Word History

Etymology

New Latin telotrocha

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