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Glochidiate
Glochidiate Glo*chid"i*ate, a. [Gr. ? point of an arrow.] (Bot.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. --Gray.

Meaning of Glochidia from wikipedia

- The glochidium (plural glochidia) is a microscopic larval stage of some freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae...
- Glochids or glochidia (sg.: "glochidium") are hair-like spines or short prickles, generally barbed, found on the areoles of cacti in the sub-family Opuntioideae...
- substrates. Like other freshwater mussels, this species releases larvae called glochidia, which must attach parasitically to a host organism, generally a fish...
- (plural glochidia), which temporarily parasitizes fish, attaching themselves to the fish's fins or gills. Prior to their release, the glochidia grow in...
- birdwing pearly mussel's glochidia larvae. The mussel attracts the darter with a lure that looks like an aquatic snail. The glochidia release triggered by...
- irritation. Many glochidia are barbed, complicating their removal and enhancing their persistence in the skin. Exposure to glochidia is an occupational...
- inhalant water and internal fertilization takes place. The eggs hatch into glochidia larvae that develop within the female's s****. Later they are released...
- (marsupia) where they further ripen and metamorph into glochidia, the first larval stage. Mature glochidia are released by the female and then attach to the...
- gravid in September, and releases glochidia in April. Wicklow (in New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan 2005) observed glochidia release beginning in March and...
- States po****tions are more stable than those of Ontario. The larvae, or glochidia, of Unionidae are known to use the gills, fins, or skin of a host fish...