Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The atheciferous stem of the hydroid corals: sometimes applied to the filiform process by which the sicula of the graptolite is suspended.
- noun In zoology, the main stem of the cœnosare of a hydrozoan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See
Illust. ofgymnoblastea andhydroidea .
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- noun zoology The hollow
stem of ahydroid , either simple or branched.
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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