Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [gloh-kid-ee-uh m]
- /gloʊˈkɪd i əm/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [gloh-kid-ee-uh m]
- /gloʊˈkɪd i əm/
Definitions of glochidia word
- abbreviation GLOCHIDIA glochid. 1
- noun plural glochidia the larva of a freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae that lives as a temporary parasite in the gills or on other external parts of fishes. 1
- noun glochidia Plural form of glochidium. 1
- noun glochidia plural of glochidium. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of glochidia
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900; < New Latin < Greek glōch(ís) point of an arrow + -idion diminutive suffix
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Glochidia
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glochidia popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
glochidia usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with g
- Words starting with gl
- Words starting with glo
- Words starting with gloc
- Words starting with gloch
- Words starting with glochi
- Words starting with glochid
- Words starting with glochidi
- Words starting with glochidia