(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:14:53

Vel"i*ger (?), n. [NL., fr. L. velum a veil + gerere bear.] Zool.

Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.

 

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