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yarb commented on the word velium
Once the pair of gametes connect, they become a larva that drifts and swims in the tidal current, propelling itself by means of a little organ ringed with cilia called a velium. This is an oyster's only taste of free movement.
- "Gem of the Ocean", The Economist, vol. 389 no. 8611, p. 47
December 24, 2008