adjective
- resembling or relating to a planula; having the form or characteristics of a planula larva
Usage: biology, zoology; technical term used in the study of marine larvae and cnidarians
Examples
- The planuloid larva drifted through the ocean currents before settling on the reef.
- Marine biologists observed the planuloid stage of the jellyfish's development under the microscope.
- The organism exhibited planuloid characteristics typical of early cnidarian larvae.