tornaria

[ tawr-nair-ee-uh ]

noun

, plural tor·nar·i·as, tor·nar·i·ae [tawr-, nair, -ee-ee].

1. the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tornaria¹

1885–90; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin torn ( us ) lathe (< Greek tórnos ) + -āria -aria

Example Sentences

But only slight modifications are required to produce the Tornaria larva of the Enteropneusta and other larvae, including the special type that is inferred from the Dipleurula larval stages of recent forms to have characterized the ancestor of the Echinoderms.

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It is within the bounds of possibility that Tornaria actually does indicate a remote affinity on the part of the Enteropneusta to the Echinoderms, not only on account of its external form, but also by reason of the possession of a dorsal water-pore communicating with the anterior body-cavity.

From Project Gutenberg

In these cases the larva, called Tornaria, is pelagic and transparent, and possesses a complicated ciliated seam, the longitudinal ciliated band, often drawn out into convoluted bays and lappets.

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In addition to this ciliated band the form of the Tornaria is quite characteristic and unlike the adult.

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Possibly the first of these words should have been TORNARIA, in which case the sentence would mean that the King "would restore the lands" to his enemy.

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