Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fixed generative medusoid of some calyptoblastic hydroids, as of the genus Gonothyrea, in which the sexual elements are matured and from which the embryos are discharged in the form of ciliated planulas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyræa. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A kind of
gonophore produced byhydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It hastentacles , and otherwise resembles a freemedusa , but remains attached by apedicel .
Etymologies
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Diminutive of Ancient Greek a poppy, in allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the poppy.
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