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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

glo•chid•i•um n., pl. -chid•i•a

Botany, Zoologyglochid.
Invertebratesthe 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.

Greek glōch(ís) point of an arrow + -idion diminutive suffix
Neo-Latin
1895–1900

glo•chid′i•al, adj.

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