Definition
A larval stage of certain marine worms that lacks a circular band of cilia used for swimming.
Etymology
From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'trochos' (wheel), referring to the absence of the wheel-like ciliary structures found in other larval forms. The term emerged in 19th-century marine biology to classify different larval morphologies.
Kelly Says
Marine biologists use 'atrocha' to identify larvae without the fancy rotating cilia that other sea creatures sport—it's basically the plainclothes detective of the ocean larva world, defined entirely by what it's missing!
Translations
ARالعربية
atrocha
a-tro-cha
BNবাংলা
atrocha
a-tro-cha
CACatalà
atrocha
a-tro-cha
CSČeština
atrocha
a-tro-cha
DADansk
atrocha
a-tro-cha
DEDeutsch
atroch
a-trohkh
ELΕλληνικά
atrocha
a-tro-cha
ESEspañol
atrocha
a-tro-cha
FAفارسی
atrocha
a-tro-cha
FISuomi
atrocha
a-tro-cha
FRFrançais
atroche
a-tro-sh
HEעברית
atrocha
a-tro-cha
HIहिन्दी
atrocha
a-tro-cha
HUMagyar
atrocha
a-tro-cha
IDBahasa Indonesia
atrocha
a-tro-cha
ITItaliano
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a-tro-cha
JA日本語
atrocha
a-to-ro-cha
KO한국어
atrocha
a-to-ro-cha
MSBahasa Melayu
atrocha
a-tro-cha
MYမြန်မာ
atrocha
a-tro-cha
NLNederlands
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a-tro-cha
NONorsk
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a-tro-cha
PLPolski
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a-tro-cha
PTPortuguês
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a-tro-cha
RORomână
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a-tro-cha
RUРусский
atrocha
a-tro-cha
SVSvenska
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a-tro-cha
SWKiswahili
atrocha
a-tro-cha
TAதமிழ்
atrocha
a-tro-cha
TEతెలుగు
atrocha
a-tro-cha
TRTürkçe
atrocha
a-tro-cha
UKУкраїнська
atrocha
a-tro-cha
VITiếng Việt
atrocha
a-tro-cha