Of or pertaining to glochidia; resembling or characteristic of the glochidial stage.
From glochidium + -ian (Latin suffix forming adjectives). An alternative to glochidial with slightly different emphasis.
Having multiple similar adjective forms (glochidial vs. glochidian) is common in scientific Latin, but one usually wins out in usage—watching which one survives is like seeing linguistic evolution in real time.
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