Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Brachiolaria

Brachiolaria ({not transcribed}) , noun, plural

[New Latin, from Latin brachiolum (bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm.]

(Zoology) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.