veliger
noun
ve·li·ger
ˈvē-lə-jər 
ˈve-
ˈve-
: a larval mollusk in the stage when it has developed the velum
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The veligers might wind up as food for local fish, a deserving irony, or be otherwise damaged.
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
Then in July, testers with microscopes found single veligers, or larvae, in an irrigation canal and the Colorado River near Grand Junction.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
Colorado Parks and Wildlife broke the news of the mussels' arrival earlier this month after veligers, or larvae, were confirmed in plankton samples taken from several locations along the upper reaches of the river.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
Zebra mussel veligers can be seen only with a microscope and float freely in river water.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 July 2024
They were transported to new areas as adults that had attached to the hulls or outside of engines of recreational boats or as microscopic larvae - veligers - hiding in bilge, live wells or other water-holding areas of boats.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2018
Their microscopic larvae, called veligers, reached the United States by way of the Great Lakes in the late 1980s, probably as stowaways inside a freighter's ballast tanks.
—OregonLive.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
Then in July, testers with microscopes found single veligers, or larvae, in an irrigation canal and the Colorado River near Grand Junction.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
Colorado Parks and Wildlife broke the news of the mussels' arrival earlier this month after veligers, or larvae, were confirmed in plankton samples taken from several locations along the upper reaches of the river.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
Zebra mussel veligers can be seen only with a microscope and float freely in river water.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 July 2024
They were transported to new areas as adults that had attached to the hulls or outside of engines of recreational boats or as microscopic larvae - veligers - hiding in bilge, live wells or other water-holding areas of boats.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2018
Their microscopic larvae, called veligers, reached the United States by way of the Great Lakes in the late 1980s, probably as stowaways inside a freighter's ballast tanks.
—OregonLive.com, 10 Feb. 2018
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“Veliger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veliger. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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